I have a CDP18S60? CPU board, a CDP18S623A RAM board, and a CDP18S625
EPROM board. I don't have an original backplane to plug them into.
They plug into the "Microboard Bus Interface" bus.
I have originals of the following catalog and manuals:
MPG-180C COSMAC Microprocessor Product Guide
MB-601 RCA COSMAC Microboard Computer CDP18S601
MB-623 RCA COSMAC Microboard 8-Kilobyte RAM CDP18S623
MB-625 RCA COSMAC Microboard 8/16/32-Kilobyte ROM/PROM CDP18S625
MB-640 RCA COSMAC Microboard Control and Display Module CDP18S640
MB-601:
"The RCA COSMAC Microboard Computer CDP18S601 is a versatile computer
system on a single 4.5 x 7.5 inch card. The card contains a CDP1802
CPU, a crystal-controlled clock, read-write memory, parallel I/O
ports, a serial communications interface, power-on reset, and
expansion interface. Four on-board sockets are provided for read-only
memory enabling the user to select 4 or 8 kilobytes of
mask-programmable ROM or EPROM, depending on the applications.
Because of its CMOS design and low current requirements, the power
supply and cooling requirements are minimal. The CDP18S601 Microboard
Computer is designed to provide the key hardware for various
microcomputer applications allowing the designer to concentrate on the
software and special requirements of his specific application. The
CDP18S601 is plug-in compatible with the RCA COSMAC Development System
II CDP18S005 and the RCA COSMAC CDOS Development System CDP18S007
facilitating prototype design and debugging of both hardware and
software."
I wonder if any of these docs are scanned anywhere on the net.
Here's one webpage which lists the documents but doesn't have links to them:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/o/dogas/cosmac/dev4.htm
-Glen
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Marvin Johnston <marvin at west.net> wrote:
I just found a couple of standard bus cards marked
"CDP 18S 604B" and no
real idea what they are. A Google search gave 3 results, all in German from
their edition of Computer Weekly dated 1981.
One looks to be in the original packaging, and the other looks used with an
expansion PROM board. Unfortunately, no docs although I'll be trying to see
if the person who had them has any docs left.
Anyone have any idea what these things are?