Book added to the 6502 KIM-1 AIM 65 books pages:
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Microprocessor programming and applications for scientists and engineers (Richard R. Smardzewski |
About small SBC systems
Book added to the 6502 KIM-1 AIM 65 books pages:
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Microprocessor programming and applications for scientists and engineers (Richard R. Smardzewski |
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:




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





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.
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.
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.






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. Thanks Gerben Voort
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

My MSBasic for the KIM-1 cassette

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

Thanks Gerben Voort