8 Aug
1999
8 Aug
'99
11:42 a.m.
The plastic cases were an add-on, but the printer and "funky" LED display
were standard. It's a standard sort of 6502 board, with a 1 MHz processor,
a bit of ram and a bit of ROM, depending on what you put in. I've got two
of them (borrowed) atthe moment, one with a video board and extra prom board
and a prom programmer, and the other without the case, etc, but with all
available ram and rom populated. I believe it's got the assembler and BASIC
in ROM along with a monitor. AFAIK, there's a FORTH available for it as
well, but I'm not a 4th sort of guy.
Joe Rigdon has a couple of these with the BASIC and Assembler ROMs on board.
Maybe you want to pull his chain and see what's really in those ROMs he's
got.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Clifton - Wirehead <wirehead(a)retrocomputing.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 4:09 PM
Subject: Spiffy Little Hamfest Find
Found an AIM-65 at a hamfest today (at the Amana Colonies near
Cedar Rapids, Iowa) for $1.00. It's got the cheesiest brown,
plastic case I've ever seen, a cut little printer built in,
an ascii keyboard, a funky led display and not much else.
I haven't powered it up yet since it seems to want 12 and 24
volts and I don't have a 24 volt supply handy.
Does anyone have the pinouts for the expansion and application
connectors on this little guy?
Also, there's a switch that lets you switch between keyboard and
tty but I see no place to connect a tty, not even a little dual
inline connector or anything appropriate. Clues?
Thanks...
Anthony Clifton - Wirehead