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Hello,
I've just come into possession of an "Integrated Computer Systems
Standard Prototype Microcomputer." The system, as I received it,
consists of three parts: a power supply, a single board computer/trainer
similar to a Kim-1 and an "interfacing" board.
The "computer" part has an 8080a (AMD), 4 2708 EPROMS (one labeled MDS
DEMO) and a bit of RAM (2114s) as well as a hex keypad surrounded by
control keys (reset, step, run, etc.) There is an eight position LED
display above the keypad. Sections of the board are labeled with their
functions including clock, control logic, buffers and address decode as
well as keyboard and display and tape i/o. There are two 50 pin
connectors tagged as ITS and S-100 and two RCA plugs for, I assume,
audio data in and out. I guessed that the ITS connector should connect
to the "Interface System" mentioned above.
The "Interface System" has a bunch of different connectors around the
edges including ones labeled for Serial, TTY and RS232 interfacing.
There is also a "thermistor experimental board that includes a cooling
fan with opto-speed control and alarm circuitry" that will be coming
under separate cover.
For the price I paid I wasn't expecting this to work on arrival so I
wasn't surprised to find that it's flakey at best. When powered up the
LED display is random and pressing the reset button will usually clear
it, but not without random stuff popping up from time to time. No other
keypad keys seem to do anything.
I've put pictures up at
http://www.vintage-computer.com/ics.htm (sorry
that they're a little bigger then usual)
Has anyone ever seen one of these before? Does anyone have any manuals
for it or any ideas what might be wrong with it from my brief
description?
Google turned up nothing. . .
Thanks!
Erik S. Klein
www.vintage-computer.com