15 Apr
2005
15 Apr
'05
4:44 a.m.
On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 20:24 -0400, Ethan Dicks wrote:
For those unfamiliar with the model, it was
Rockwell's answer to the
KIM and SYM, and was frequently found in a metal-bottomed,
vacuformed-topped case, unlike the KIM and SYM which were frequently
found as bare boards.
Interesting - I always thought they were typically bare boards too. Our
AIM 65 is rather industrialised, in a thick metal-bottomed case (with
carry handle) and a thick fibreglass top (bright blue, looks bloody
awful IMHO :-)
The red translucent display cover is cracked on ours, just in case
anyone finds a replacement on an otherwise-dead machine. (There's some
damage to the fibreglass too, but nothing that couldn't be fixed there)
Ours does have an expansion board (ISTR posting about it on the list a
few months back) with extra RAM as well as various interfaces. (It was
used as a diagnostic terminal for Xerox, although I don't know the
specific function it carried out)
The AIM-65 had BASIC as a rather common option
(don't remember if it was always present), and routinely came with a
full-sized ASCII keyboard
Oh, yep, ours has a proper keyboard too. Can't recall whether it has
BASIC fitted or not.
cheers
Jules