RCA COSMAC MS2000 MicroDisk Development System

[wrcooke at wrcooke.net]

> On 04/07/2022 2:50 PM Joshua Rice via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> 
> Hi all,
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> I’ve recently come across something i’ve soon realised really quite unusual. An RCA MS2000 MicroDisk Development System.
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> I’m very green to the COSMAC scene, with this being my first 1802 machine. I’m very interested in knowing the pitfalls i may come across in restoring such a machine. I’ve had a quick cursory look over the machine, and it seems to be complete, with 2 RAM/ROM cards, CPU card, FDC and a (3rd party?) ROM programmer board, along with the PSU and floppy disk drives.
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> It’s my understanding that these are pretty similar to the RCA Microboard development systems, which i believe are also pretty similar to the ELF “homebrew” microcomputer this group revolves around. I’ve found some manuals on bitsavers,, a website on the Microboard system, along with disk images on the Emma02 emulator website, so I have a reasonable undertanding over what this actually is.
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> I have a week off work next week, so am planning on taking my time on disassembling and checking the unit over next week.
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> I’ll endevour to upload some pictures of said machine when i tear it apart.
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> Thanks,
> 
> Josh Rice

I recommend asking about it on the forum at http://cosmacelf.com/

Will