Kim-1 Computer

Date sent: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 06:57:41 -0600 (CST) Send reply to: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu From: Doug Yowza <yowza(a)yowza.com> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Subject: RE: Kim-1 Computer Originally to: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> OK. I had to look. My second KIM is #1051 with a Rev. A board. It has the white ceramic MOS chips. This one shows plenty of wear, however. It's mounted on a piece of masonite with a socket for the one edge connector, a little bracket for a couple of 1/8" phone plugs (tape connections), an expansion port (Centronics-type, I assume this is where it was cabled up to a modified Selectric) and a terminal strip for power. The LED's have had sockets installed under them, since I assume the originals burned out. The 6502 also is socketed. This KIM was used by Stan Ockers and Jim Butterfield while writing the "First Book of KIM". Stan would take it, in the little briefcase he gave me along with it, to a computer club meeting in Chicago where a guy had an IBM Selectric that he had modified to work as a printer. Stan would load the programs he, Jim, and their partner (sorry -- don't have my FBOK in front of me and the other name escapes me) had written, and then print them out on the Selectric. These printouts were then cut and pasted into the layout for the book. Is the bottom numbe on the die cover the date code? If so, my 6502 is dated 1576. The thing is, regardless of how much they sell for on e-pay, it means so much more to me that Stan sat down and talked to me for an hour and a half about the book and computing in those days and then gave me his KIM that I couldn't think about selling it. Paul Braun NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you. nerdware(a)laidbak.com www.laidbak.com/nerdware