A recent acquisition, the TERC (Technical Education Research Centers) KIM-1 Interface set. An educational tool to work with the KIM-1 from the 80ties.

The KIM-1 Interface permits easy access to the input/output ports on the KIM-1. Other connections such as power, ground, tape recorder input and input and output are accessible by solderless connectors.

See also:

A demo of the new facilities in the KIM-1 Simulator 2.2.1

A demo of the new facilities in the KIM-1 Simulator 2.2.1 Scroll, copy paste of the console. New versions of KIM-...

KIM-1 connectors: beware the Chinese cheap variants!

The KIM-1 needs 2 edge connectors. The specifications are: card edge; PIN: 44; 3.96mm When you search for those, ...

Magazines: Compute! and Compute II

The pages om Magazines had an update. MICRO has its own page with all Best of MICRO pfds. Compute! and Compute II ar...

All documents in the MTU pages are now clean and higher quality, about 50 new PDFs.

I got hold a about 10 cm of MTU documents. Several I already had in PDF format, some not available yet. I took the oppo...

R65 – A late seventies computer built with a KIM-1 by Rene Richarz.
An amazing showcase of how far a KIM-1 and Pascal as programming language can go!

All information on the R65 and the emulator of this computer on the github archive of Rene Richarz, a work in progress!
Including sources and full documentation.

Original Job computer built 1977-1979
The R65 computer has been built 1977-1979 by Rene Richarztogether with Rudolf Baumann, who has built his own JOB computer at the same time with similar hardware. The picture above shows the open JOB computer. The original R65 computer has not survived. The floppy disks have also not survived.

Hardware specifications of the original R65 Computer:
– 6502 8-bit microprocessor
– 1 MHz clock speed
– 17 kByte, 33 kByte, 49 kByte RAM (expanded 2 times between 1977 an 1979)
– 2 kByte graphics RAM
– 10 kByte ROM
– 40 x 16 char monochrome display
– 224 x 118 dot monochrome graphics display (switchable with char display)
– 2 floppy disk drives. Formatted capacity 199680 bytes each.
– Interfaces: Teletype, RS232, parallel printer, audio tape, golf-ball typewriter, tv

More on the R65 system here!

See also:

A demo of the new facilities in the KIM-1 Simulator 2.2.1

A demo of the new facilities in the KIM-1 Simulator 2.2.1 Scroll, copy paste of the console. New versions of KIM-...

KIM-1 connectors: beware the Chinese cheap variants!

The KIM-1 needs 2 edge connectors. The specifications are: card edge; PIN: 44; 3.96mm When you search for those, ...

Magazines: Compute! and Compute II

The pages om Magazines had an update. MICRO has its own page with all Best of MICRO pfds. Compute! and Compute II ar...

All documents in the MTU pages are now clean and higher quality, about 50 new PDFs.

I got hold a about 10 cm of MTU documents. Several I already had in PDF format, some not available yet. I took the oppo...

The DIY KIM-1 keypad case and button 3D designs have been slightly improved:

The case has a small cutout around the top edges as the original.

The button has some ribbles as the original has.

See also:

A demo of the new facilities in the KIM-1 Simulator 2.2.1

A demo of the new facilities in the KIM-1 Simulator 2.2.1 Scroll, copy paste of the console. New versions of KIM-...

KIM-1 connectors: beware the Chinese cheap variants!

The KIM-1 needs 2 edge connectors. The specifications are: card edge; PIN: 44; 3.96mm When you search for those, ...

Magazines: Compute! and Compute II

The pages om Magazines had an update. MICRO has its own page with all Best of MICRO pfds. Compute! and Compute II ar...

All documents in the MTU pages are now clean and higher quality, about 50 new PDFs.

I got hold a about 10 cm of MTU documents. Several I already had in PDF format, some not available yet. I took the oppo...

After cleaning up and repairing the keyboard of a white KIM-1 Rev D I found a second one, as new!

See also:

A demo of the new facilities in the KIM-1 Simulator 2.2.1

A demo of the new facilities in the KIM-1 Simulator 2.2.1 Scroll, copy paste of the console. New versions of KIM-...

KIM-1 connectors: beware the Chinese cheap variants!

The KIM-1 needs 2 edge connectors. The specifications are: card edge; PIN: 44; 3.96mm When you search for those, ...

Magazines: Compute! and Compute II

The pages om Magazines had an update. MICRO has its own page with all Best of MICRO pfds. Compute! and Compute II ar...

All documents in the MTU pages are now clean and higher quality, about 50 new PDFs.

I got hold a about 10 cm of MTU documents. Several I already had in PDF format, some not available yet. I took the oppo...