Here is a reply I got from alt.atari.2600 on my Atari S-100 boards.
Sam
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From: jjessop1(a)home.com (Jerry Jessop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit,alt.atari.2600
Subject: Re: Help identify these Atari S-100 Boards
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 20:08:30 GMT
Sam,
Looks like you found some boards used in the old 2600 in-house
development systems. These units were Cromemco S-100 based computers
with the appropriate Atari S-100 cards installed. This system in turn
was connected to a PDP-11.
Of course they could also be coin-op development tools, hard to tell
without looking at them.
jj
On 30 Jun 1997 00:37:22 GMT, dastar(a)crl.com (Sam Ismail) wrote:
I just discovered some *VERY* interesting S100 boards that I didn't
realize I had in my box 'o S-100 boards. They seem to be some kind of
Atari development/prototyping system. The boards are:
65xx Emulator, part no. 100-015-2, Rev. 2, (c) 1983 Atari
[this is the PCB only]
Trace Memory Interface, part no. 100-002-2 (two of these)
has (3) Intersil 6402 chips and (3) 26-pin connectors (for interface to a
terminal), DIP switches to select the baud rate for the 6402 chips (up to
38400 bps). Also has a 40-pin (2-rows of 20) ribbon cable connector
labelled J100. One has a test sticker on it with "OK 10/25/82" written
on it.
6502 Processor, part no. 100-003-2, Rev. 4
has a 6502 and some other stuff, such as a clock speed DIP switch
(1, 2, 4 MHZ settings), some RAM, a 40-pin ribbon cable connector
which presumably connects to the Trace Memory Interface card (labelled
COMP BUS J100).
I have 2 of these boards but one is incomplete (does not have all the
chips the other one does, for instance the 6502).
All have the Atari name and logo in yellow lettering.
Any idea what this stuff is and what it was used for?
If you can shed any light, please reply to dastar(a)crl.com. Thanks!
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Sam
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