23 Jul
2004
23 Jul
'04
11:16 a.m.
From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
I went out today found a Cybex Data Reduction Computer. Is anyone familar
with them? It has a tan plastic shell with a QWERTY keyboard and a single
line LED display with a printer on the LH top side. I opened it up and
found that it has an AIM-65 computer board in it. Haven't done anything
with it other than that.
Joe
Hi Joe
A number of people slapped lables on AIM-65's. I have
a box similar to this with a few extra boards added that
is AIM-65 based as well.
What other than the shell is non-AIM-65 ??
Dwight
23 Jul
23 Jul
12:08 p.m.
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 04:16:01PM -0700, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
A number of people slapped lables on AIM-65's. I
have
a box similar to this with a few extra boards added that
is AIM-65 based as well.
What other than the shell is non-AIM-65 ??
Me, too... mine came with a board loaded with EPROMs mounted _under_ the
AIM-65 motherboard.
Oh... a little tip - I have proven that the 6520 on the display board can
be replaced with an 6821 (I have a number of 6821s since they were used to
drive the printer port and the diagnostic display for the original COMBOARD
model).
I have more than one AIM-65 at home, but only one display board. One of my
projects is to fabricate a replica on perfboard. Mostly via eBay, I've
managed to pick up a few of the 4-char ASCII displays that are on that board.
Barring that, I was thinking about using some modern ASCII displays that I
picked up for a couple $$ each from BG Micro, and re-writing the relevant
ROM code. Obviously, direct replacement is simpler.
-ethan
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24 Jul
24 Jul
3:55 a.m.
New subject: Pictures: Re: Cybex Data Reduction Computer??
At 12:08 AM 7/24/04 +0000, you wrote:
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 04:16:01PM -0700, Dwight K.
Elvey wrote:
I took this one apart this morning. It has two cards under the AIM-65
board. I haven't looked close but one of them appears to be an A/D card.
The other has 24 2114 RAM chips on it along with two 74154s.
I posted pictures of it at <http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/cybex/>.
A number of people slapped lables on
AIM-65's. I have
a box similar to this with a few extra boards added that
is AIM-65 based as well.
What other than the shell is non-AIM-65 ??
Me, too... mine came with a board loaded with EPROMs mounted _under_ the
AIM-65 motherboard.
Oh... a little tip - I have proven that the 6520 on the display board can
be replaced with an 6821 (I have a number of 6821s since they were used to
drive the printer port and the diagnostic display for the original COMBOARD
model).
That's good to know. Can a 6821 simply be dropped in it's place or does
it require any other changes?
I have more than one AIM-65 at home, but only one display board. One of my
projects is to fabricate a replica on perfboard. Mostly via eBay, I've
managed to pick up a few of the 4-char ASCII displays that are on that board.
I've seen a lot of displays around that look like these. I should pick up
some for spares.
Barring that, I was thinking about using some modern
ASCII displays that I
picked up for a couple $$ each from BG Micro, and re-writing the relevant
ROM code. Obviously, direct replacement is simpler.
-ethan
--
Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 23-Jul-2004 24:00 Z
South Pole Station
PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -87.0 F (-66.2 C) Windchill -137.6 F
(-94.2 C)
APO AP 96598 Wind 18.5 kts Grid 006
Barometer 665.5 mb (11176.
ft)
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8:59 a.m.
New subject: Pictures: Re: Cybex Data Reduction Computer??
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Joe R. wrote:
I took this one apart this morning. It has two
cards under the AIM-65
board. I haven't looked close but one of them appears to be an A/D card.
The other has 24 2114 RAM chips on it along with two 74154s.
I posted pictures of it at <http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/cybex/>.
Very interesting box. That doesn't look like a standard AIM-65 keyboard.
Isn't the keyboard integrated into the board normally?
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10:24 a.m.
New subject: Pictures: Re: Cybex Data Reduction Computer??
At 01:59 PM 7/24/04 -0700, you wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Joe R. wrote:
Nope, it connects via a ribbon cable exactly like this one does. Here's a
picture of another AIM-65 that I have and you can see the CPU board is the
same and it has the same ribbon cable socket in the top left corner.
<http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/aim65/aim65.jpg> I haven't had an AIM-65 with
a keyboard for a long time so I don't know for certain if this keyboard is
the same as the normal ones but I think it is. I pulled the keyboard out
and checked it and the only name on it is Superior and a NAND gate symbol.
Perhaps someone can compare this to their keyboard.
Joe
I took this one apart this morning. It has two
cards under the AIM-65
board. I haven't looked close but one of them appears to be an A/D card.
The other has 24 2114 RAM chips on it along with two 74154s.
I posted pictures of it at <http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/cybex/>.
Very interesting box. That doesn't look like a standard AIM-65 keyboard.
Isn't the keyboard integrated into the board normally?
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Festival
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11:10 a.m.
New subject: Pictures: Re: Cybex Data Reduction Computer??
On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 01:59:10PM -0700, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Very interesting box. That doesn't look like a
standard AIM-65 keyboard.
Isn't the keyboard integrated into the board normally?
That looks like the regular keyboard... what's different, I think, is how
it's mounted.
-ethan
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APO AP 96598 Wind 14.9 kts Grid 018 Barometer 664.5 mb (11217 ft)
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11:43 a.m.
New subject: Pictures: Re: Cybex Data Reduction Computer??
On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 11:55:52AM -0400, Joe R. wrote:
No changes required... just drop it in there. Same goes for a PET.
Oh... a little
tip - I have proven that the 6520 on the display board can
be replaced with an 6821 (I have a number of 6821s since they were used to
drive the printer port and the diagnostic display for the original COMBOARD
model).
That's good to know. Can a 6821 simply be dropped in it's place or does
it require any other changes? I've seen a lot of displays around that look
like these. I should pick up
some for spares.
They don't tend to fry, but they do get dim with age (as do all LEDs)
-ethan
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APO AP 96598 Wind 15.7 kts Grid 021 Barometer 664.7 mb (11208. ft)
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