Microprocessor programming and applications for scientists and engineers (Richard R. Smardzewski

Book added to the 6502 KIM-1 AIM 65 books pages:

Microprocessor programming and applications
for scientists and engineers (Richard R. Smardzewski

Apple 1 Replica TE PAL version

User ExPLIT on the German forum Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer e.V.
has build an Apple 1 Replica 1 TE from the design files by Vince Briel.

He was not so happy with the NTSC composite signal of this Replica 1. So he reworked the source files of the Propeller to support PAL formatted video.

The thread on the design is here.

EXPLIT created a github archive as a fork of the github from Vince Briel, with original and PAL adapted source files.

More on the Apple 1 Replica’s here.

This is how the PAL output looks: sharp, no artefacts, black on white:

Photos of the build by EXPLIT:


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Replica 1 TE PAL version

User ExPLIT on the German forum Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer e.V.
has build an Apple 1 Replica 1 TE from the design files by Vince Briel.

He was not so happy with the NTSC composite signal of this Replica 1. So he reworked the source files of the Propeller to support PAL formatted video.

The thread on the design is here.

He created also a github archive as fork of the github from Vince Briel, with original and PAL adapted source files.

This is how the PAL output looks: sharp, no artefacts, black on white:

Photos of the build by EXPLIT:


My KIMSI

My KIMSI

I acquired a KIMSI in August 2026. It was build into a plexiglas/aluminium case, with a KIM-1 (Rev G) and a ‘microcalculator board’. I took the system apart, no room to store the big ugly thing.

A boxed Synertek VIM-1

A boxed VIM-1 acquired in August 2026. More SYM-1 photos here.


SYM-2 prototype

In August 2026 I acquired an boxed engineering SYM-2 prototype. It comes with two large circuit diagrams illustrating the design.


Next photos by Paul Schroeter.




Jolt with 4K images

With thanks to Jonathan Chapman of Glitchworks who found a Jolt system, here images of a Jolt with 4K memory, an experimenters board and the power supply.

Here the images

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Jolt with 4K and power supply

With thanks to Jonathan Chapman of Glitchworks who found a Jolt system, here images of a Jolt with 4K memory, an experimenters board and the power supply.

As received

Memory

Power supply

Parts unused

Packaging

KB-9, MOS TECH BASIC for the 6502

With a scan of manuals by Gerben Voort, and a third photo of a cassette with KB-9, time to refresh the KB-9 pages.

MOS TECH BASIC versions

Despite all the versions you see on the download page, there is only one official and original binary known of the MOS TECH BASIC for the 6502 KIM and that is my V1.1 (ID 01) loaded from my original tape. There is another tape known recently, owned by my friend Gerben Voort, and we hope to be able to read that tape.

Every other version is a derivate, in the 80ties or in the past years.

There are also sources of Microsoft Basic for the 6502. The official source, in PDP-11 MACRO source format has been declared open not so long ago.
The title is ‘M6502 8K VER 1.1 BY MICRO-SOFT’. Yes the name of the company was originally MICRO-SOFT!

Many years before the official source, Michael Steyl of pagetable.com reconstructed the source, based upon my binary dump. A perfect start to create derivate versions!

Versions known in the 80ties

  • KB-9
    Created by Microsoft, only distributed by Johnson Computers (afaik). Binary available.
    On the tape label: 2000-4260 ID #01 St 4065
    Oldest known documentation available, scanned.
  • KB-6
    Mentioned in the documentation of ID #01. Not available.
    6 digit precision floating point, smaller in size.
  • KB-9 ID #101
    Distributed by Johnson Computers
    On the tape label: 2000-437D ID #101 St 4065 S/N 217 and 233. Binary not available (yet).
    Mentioned in the documentation of the versions distributed by Johnson Computer with ID #101. Binary not available. Two versions of the documentation known and scanned.
    This version seems to be the V1.1 KB-9 with added Hypertape and BLOCKMOVE routines at the end of the binary. With the alternative start addresses the hypertape routine can be moved to $0200 or $0300 and the SAVE command patched to the hypertape routine. Or with the standard start at $4065 hypertape can be skipped.
    All KB-9 internal addresses are the same.
  • KB-9P
    Mentioned in the documentation of the versions distributed by Johnson Computer with ID #101, Binary not available.
    KB-9P is a stripped version of KB-9 fit for burning into a ROM. SIN-COS-ATN is not available.

My MSBasic for the KIM-1 cassette


Another MOS TECH BASIC for KIM-1, lower serial number


Thanks Gerben Voort