As some of you know, I'm helping with an exhibition of classic machines
in the Department of Computer Science -- for Open Day tomorrow
(Friday), and running conducted tours on Wednesday as well.
Well, one of the supposedly-working exhibits is my KIM-1, but it died
this afternoon. I can't get it to do more than occasionally display a
single zero, on the leftmost 7-segment display. A cursory look with a
logic probe (and no docs to hand) shows the clock is running and at
least a few address lines are too. I bet it's a memory fault.
What are the common faults? I'm hoping it's one of the 2102 RAMs,
because I stand a chance of having a suitable replacement. However, I
fear it's more likely a 6530, and I assume they're unobtanium. Has
anyone ever come up with a kludge to effectively use a 6532 (and are
they any easier to find?) with an EPROM? Or anything else?
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York