KIM-1 and TIM updates

I have added the following to the KIM-2 KIM-3-KIM-4 KIM-5 KIM-6 pages:

– brochure with photos and descriptions and pricelist KIM System Products
– photos of KIM-2 and KIM4 with KIM-4 motherboard with KIM-3b, KIM-5, KIM-6
– brochure TIM System Development Aid with pricelist

The brochure of KIM-5 etc is from Commodore, the KIM-2 RAM was already dropped for a higher capacity KIM-3B. The KIM-5 was still mentioned as product. Alas I have never seen or heard of a KIM-5 in the hands of a user. So the ROMS are lost alas.

KIM-4 with KIM-3B, KIM-5, KIM-6

Lost pages of Andrew Jacobs

The late Andrew Jacobs set up a web site with relevant 6502 information. It is lost now.

This site is reproduced here. Scripts and links are removed, it is clean code now.

Also have a look at his github archive, it is still up.

Enter the local hosted Andrew Jacobs 6502 site here!

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Andrew Jacobs 6502 pages

The late Andrew Jacobs set up a web site with relevant 6502 information. It is lost now.

This site is reproduced here. Scripts and links are removed, it is clean code now.

Also have a look at his github archive, it is still up.

Enter the local hosted Andrew Jacobs 6502 site here!

macOS compiled version of KIM-1 Simulator

Thanks to user hobo of https://groups.google.com/g/pal6502 a macOS compiled app is now included.

KIM-1 Circuit Diagram high resolution poster, cleaned up again

A couple of weeks I published the KIM-1 Circuit Diagram in high resolution, cleaned up by Joshy of Forum64.

Since then I saw people print the poster, and I did have myself made a mouse mat and a poster in KIM-1 format.

To let the printing company do its work I made two new versions of the poster:

  • KIM-1 Circuit Diagram in high resolution, cleaned up by Joshy of Forum64 and cleaned up again by me (year 1975, some artefacts
  • KIM-1 Circuit Diagram in high resolution, cleaned up with wide borders (for canvas prints)

Look at the KIM-1 Manuals page for those new, large files images.

AIM 65 Assembler ROM R3224 source

On the pagetable Commodore source archive I found the source of the AIM 65 Assembler ROM R3224.

Now on the AIM 65 software page:

Assembler ROM R3224 source from pagetable github

Who were involved in the development of KIM-1 and TIM?

The 6530-002 (the KIM monitor), 6530-003 (the KIM tape routines) and 6530-004 (TIM, the teletype monitor) are in the ROM of these IC’s. Developed in/for/by MOS Technology.

For TIM the Story of TIM (DEMON as Ray Holt called it) tells about Manny Lomas.

It would be nice to know more who did hardware and software design for the KIM-1 (must have been a small team since they are so intertwined) of these innovative early 6502 development.

The story should start with Chuck Peddle and his team. They developed the 6502 and supporting IC’s like 6530 (RRIOT) and 6532 (RIOT).

The story of KIM talks about Don McLaughlin, MOS Technology founder and engineering manager of the project. Peddle and a programming manager named Bob Winterhalt agreed with the idea and the three men began the design. According to MOS Technology employee Al Charpentier, John May did the actual design.

Data Handler

Armin added to his blog page on the Data Handler a Rev Manual with his permission reproduced here.

CT-6502 Thaler

A small PCB (2x Eurocard) with a KIM-1 like 6502 system.Made by Thaler, Germany.I have now this computer, with the manual. So I scanned the manual, made some photos, dumped the ROM and enhanced the Thaler page!

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PROMAX MI-650 Trainer

A Spanish firm developed a 6502 trainer, an SBC inspired by the KIM-1. Hexadecimal keyboard, 6 LED displays, I/O to experiment with. Assembled system, boxed, high quality components like mechanical keys. Aimed at education.

On this page:


Three versions were made:

  • MI-650. 6502, 6532 for keyboard/LEDs/audio cassette, 6522 for user I/O, 2×2716 EPROM, 2x2K SRAM. PCB fingers edge connectors for expansion.
  • MI-650B. equal to the MI-650, more convenient expansion connectors.
  • MI-650C, a redesign, same dimensions and layout, with more modern components, like 65C02 CPU, larger EPROM and 65C22 for keyboard and LED.

All three share the same monitor program, patched for the MI-650C to use the 6522.

Statement by Promax about the 1979 Educational trainers
Educational instruments division was the result of our close commercial relationships with universities and technical schools. Work here was closely tied to the study plans of universities and technical schools in order to provide the educational material required by a variety of disciplines. Design work was begun on the MI-650B Microprocessor Trainer, based on the 6502 which appeared in 1975.

Updates from various sources, motivated by the find of Jose Vicente Marques Vidal of four MI-650s and our attempt to make them operational again (missing EPROMS mostly).

Manuals

PROMAX MI 650 μ-instructor
PROMAX MI-650-C Microinstructor
(contains ROM listing and more)
Microprocesadores de 8 bits 6502 promax MI-650C microinstructor

Monitor EPROM images and source

EPROM images are supplied by John Evans (in the KIM-1 Facebook group) and Youtube user @eeep73 and Dominic Bumbaca.
Identical dumps from two different MI-650s, so good dumps!
Archive with Promax MI-650 EPROM images (2x 2716 EPROMs).

Photo by Dominic Bumbaca


The MI650C manual has a listing of the monitor. This has been used to reconstruct the source of the MI-650 and the MI-650C monitor.
The resulting binary of the MI-650 monitor is checked against the ROM dumps and they are identical.
The source of the MI-650C is for most of the code identical to the MI-650 source. What is different is the IC used for the keyboard, LED displays, audio cassette control. The MI-650C has replaced the 6532 for a 65C22.
The source code is converted to more standard MOS Technology syntax, the original Spanish comments are retained.

Archive with Promax MI-650 monitor source
Archive with Promax MI-650C monitor source

MI-650


MI-650B


MI-650C

Videos

Videos of MI-650 demonstrations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PypHSDdsIX