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Post image 06.03.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I remember very well. The first PET 2001 that was imported in the Netherlands. I was having one for a review for a magazine several weeks. My first review of a home computer!
Amazed at the power and functionality and the horrible keyboard!

06.03.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

get well soon!

06.03.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And lets not forget the serial TTY support. Also bit-banging. Amazing what you can do with less than 2Kb of 6502 code and one 6530 RRIOT.

05.03.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As is the handling of the audio tape load and save. All bit-banging! So clever for the year it was written, 1975! No AI, no libraries and books full of 6502 knowledge, the first to crack this on a 6502. The KIM-1 monitor is an excellent study onject.

05.03.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here is a brief document showing commands available and an introduction to using the assembler: github.com/DavidJRichar...
Best regards, David

28.02.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The KIM-1 had 1K of RAM and a hex keypad. No screen. No keyboard. No storage. And yet people wrote chess programs for it. In hex. By hand. We were not okay.

28.02.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
GitHub - ryaneroth/Adventure Contribute to ryaneroth/Adventure development by creating an account on GitHub.

Adventue - Colossal Cave got a full port to the KIM-1 by Ryan Roth. What a Hero.
github.com/ryaneroth/Ad...
#65o2 #kim1

28.02.2026 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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One ROM Hardware Guide: Getting Started with One ROM #1 - The Oasis BBS One ROM hardware guide to installing One ROM: find pin 1, add legs and headers, and avoid common mistakes. Watch Piers’ video.

One ROM Hardware Guide: Getting Started with One ROM #1
#RetroComputing #OneROM #HardwareHacking #8bit #VintageComputing #ROM #Commodore #RetroTech #DIYElectronics

theoasisbbs.com/one-rom-hard...

26.02.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
MCS6530 and MCS6532 – Retro Computing

The Jolt shipped in december 1975, see the Micro Associates newsletters. All about 6530 RRIOTs, it is a large family on my website retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/653...

21.02.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
MCS6530 and MCS6532 – Retro Computing

I did not say that. The RRIOT KIM 6530-002 was designed in 1975. The KIM-1 with 6530-002 and 6530-003 shipped in 1976. The User manual is dated January 1976, advertisements and magazine articles appeared in the first quarter of 1976.

21.02.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

welcome back, been quiet without you!

21.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New project, cleanup and restore this KIM-1 . Poor thing still works but had a rough life. KIM-1 collection complete now ..

18.02.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The RRIOTs 6530 -004 TIM and 6530-002 KIM were developed at the same time in 1975. The computers JOLT and KIM-1 shipped end 1975 begin 1976 based upon these.

18.02.2026 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

great!

18.02.2026 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

alas no manuals have surfaced yet. only dumps of the roms

16.02.2026 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
MACH-9 MMS Inc 6809 CPU Plug-in for AIM 65 – Retro Computing

Kicad design files added thanks Royce Taft!
retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/aim...

14.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Royce Taft has a MACH-9 MMS Inc 6809 CPU Plug-in for AIM 65 and reverse engineered it.
He sent me his design to be published here.
retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/aim...

09.02.2026 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Part Two:  Can a Commodore 1541 disk drive be used as a general purpose computer?
YouTube video by Commodore History Part Two: Can a Commodore 1541 disk drive be used as a general purpose computer?

Full video of the KIM-1 kernal, functional disk drive, and authentic Commodore BASIC all running directly on a Commodore 1541 disk drive!!! Meet FranKIMstein youtu.be/yyDtIBbYES0

#Commodore #KIM1 #RetroComputing #C64Reposts

05.02.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Troubleshoot the 6502 Processor on Your Atari 8-Bit Computer Circuit Board Using an Oscilloscope (15-30 mins) – Atari Projects

Troubleshoot a 6502?
See this session: atariprojects.org/2024/10/19/t...

04.02.2026 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The PLEASE package was published as two documents: INSTRUCTIONS and LISTING. In 2025 I received V2 of the LISTING and the Instruction. Jeff and Kenneth White received V1 of Vern Graner. All this including sources typed in now available here: retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/kim...

03.02.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i have tried to publish the Herwig Feichtunger books and the Funkschau articles all on my website.

01.02.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MB Immerzeel, a colleague at the magazine Radio Bulletin/Uitgeverijj de Muiderkring around 1980! and that was the last time we worked together.

01.02.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Since this has only meaning with games and such the speed of the CPU also has to match 1 MHz. To run all First Book of KIM programs the timers also have to work.

01.02.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What I am thinking about is having the hardware level update a virtual display in memory and having a timer/separate thread copy that virtual display from memory to the screen as static led segments.

01.02.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps I could match 1 MHz. I do count cycles already. Might also help to implement timers of the 6532, as now it makes not much sense.

01.02.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i failed also to add that to my emulator. Bit banging visual objects without flicker fast enough, that is hard. So I cheat, and only have hexadecimal via the patched KIM-1 monitor entry.

01.02.2026 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You know the KIM-1 by now, but what about the SYM-1?

retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/synertek-sym-ktm/

30.01.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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KIM1 MOD replica KIM-1 by Voyageur.

Battery powered. FM1808 for ROM and RAM keeps contents.
From Google group PAL 6502 computer
Read aboutKIM1Mod :http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/kim-1-manuals-and-software/my-kim-1-family/kim-replicas-and-clones/kim-1-portable-version-made-by-voyageur6502/

30.01.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do use Facebook and Google groups though for interesting groups but no personal data, no real alternatives.
Twitter/X has crossed a line, that is beyond evil.

30.01.2026 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0