One wonders what the micro instructions were? It looks like a lot of circuit tracing
ahead.
Dwight
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From: cctech <cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Chuck Guzis via cctech
<cctech at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 7:57 PM
To: John Ames via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: So what the heck did I just pick up?
On 8/30/19 7:24 PM, John Ames via cctech wrote:
Ran into this at the electronics-surplus store just
down the way from
my workplace and grabbed it on the cheap. I don't actually know what
it *is,* but the labels on the switches make it look a *hell* of a lot
like a 16-bit general-purpose computer of some kind. Despite the
claims of being "microprocessor-controlled," I looked at every board
inside the thing and couldn't spot anything that looked like a 16-bit
or even 8-bit CPU. Genuinely curious what this is, but I can't find
much on it online - the name pops up in a few archived documents, but
Bitsavers doesn't have anything for the company. Though the design is
attributed to Stanley Kubota and Edward Corby - looks like Mr. Kubota
still has an online presence at
https://www.exsellsales.com/about-us/
so I'll have to drop them a line...
Anybody heard of or encountered one of these before?
http://www.commodorejohn.com/whatsit-front.jpg
http://www.commodorejohn.com/whatsit-back.jpg
Not surprisingly, the answer's on Bitsavers:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/microcomputerAssociates/Microcomputer_Digest_v…
PDF page 7.
--Chuck