On this page:
– Essential KIM-1 manuals delivered with a KIM-1: User, Programming, Hardware, KIM Hints, most in English, some in German.
– Circuit diagram poster
– Reference cards
– MOS Technology Cross assembler
– First Book of KIM
– Some basic articles
User Manual
Hardware manual
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Hardware Manual January 1976 Second Edition Publications Number 6500-10A Hardware Manual in ASCII format MCS6500 Hardware Manual jan 1975 in PDF format MCS6500 Hardware Manual jan 1976 second edition in PDF format Hardware manual in HTML format |
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Rockwell 6500 Hardware Manual |
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MOS 6500 Hardware Handbuch German version of Hardware manual |
Programming manual
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High-res quality typeset manual by Pickledlight. Local copy. Check to original for updates! MCS6500 Microcomputer Family Programming Manual MCS6500 Microcomputer Family Programming Manual Hardcover |
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Programming Manual Programming Manual in PDF format Programming Manual in HTML format Programming manual appendix in HTML format |
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Rockwell 6500 Programming_Manual |
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MOS Microcomputers Programmier Handbuch, German version of Programming manual |
6502 Reference Cards
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6502 Reference Cards collection MOS Technology Reference Card, better quality, early one, ROR instruction missing, handwritten |
MOS Technology Cross assembler
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Cross assembler Manual, GE timeshare | ![]() |
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KIM Hints
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KIM hints KIM-1 Hints PDF format KIM-1 Hints smaller PDF format KIM-1 Hints in text format KIM-1 Hints in text format with additions and corrections |
Circuit diagram poster
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KIM-1 circuit diagram Rockwell branded circuit diagram KIM-1 poster in high resolution, large picture! KIM-1 poster in high resolution, cleaned up by Joshy of Forum64 and me (August 2022) KIM-1 poster in high resolution, cleaned up and with wide borders |
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Redrawn KIM-1 circuit diagram |
KIM-2/3/4/5
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User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 in PDF User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 in BW PDF User’s Manual Motherboard KIM-4 in HTML |
Covers of manuals not scanned yet (images thanks Jacob Lindberg)
First Book of KIM
KIM-1 user guide and notes from Microcomputer Principles
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KIM-1 Userguide KIM-1 user guide and notes from the book “Microcomputer Principles featuring the 6502/KIM |
Quick Reference by Jeff Trenter
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KIM-1 Quick Reference by Jeff Trenter |
See also:
aim65_quartus
Filippo (shinymetal6) published an alpha version of aim65_quartus, an FPGA clone on his github resource. Forum discus...
Filippo (shinymetal6) published an alpha version of aim65_quartus, an FPGA clone on his github resource. Forum discus...
TIM-1 SBC
Christian Ortner (mister-freeze at the VzEkC e. V. forum buold a SBC with expansion around a TIM IC. Here is his proje...
Christian Ortner (mister-freeze at the VzEkC e. V. forum buold a SBC with expansion around a TIM IC. Here is his proje...
MC-65
An AIM 65 compatible 65C02 CPU based computer, the MC-65. With a 6532, 6522, terminal I/O, cassette interface, and in th...
An AIM 65 compatible 65C02 CPU based computer, the MC-65. With a 6532, 6522, terminal I/O, cassette interface, and in th...
AIM 65 reproduction AIM65-CPLD-3v3
Mr. Nagano, from Tokyo, Japan send me photos and circuit diagram of an AIM 65 reproduction he designed an build: the AIM...
Mr. Nagano, from Tokyo, Japan send me photos and circuit diagram of an AIM 65 reproduction he designed an build: the AIM...