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The KIM-1, short for Keyboard Input Monitor, is a small 6502-based single-board computer developed and produced by MOS Technology, Inc. and launched in 1976. It was very successful in that period, due to its low price (thanks to the inexpensive 6502 microprocessor) and easy-access expandability. - Wikipedia

Discovered this very early historic home computer from my morning music "On the Other Ocean the debut studio album by American composer David Behrman,.. Considered a pioneering work of computer music, the album pairs electronics controlled by a KIM-1 computer with live players."

Predictably and wonderfully, we can build one ourselves.

http://www.6502.org/trainers/buildkim/buildkim.htm

#KIM1 #Microprocessor #SingleBoardComputer #HistoryofComputing #DavidBehrman #DIYComputers #6502 #MOSTechnology6502

Mistigris computer arts Dec 8, 2023

Mistodon: @pixelblip pays tribute here to the #MOSTechnology6502 processor used in the #BBCMicro home computer in this high resolution graphics animation loop. (Many other historically critical machines by Atari, Apple, Nintendo and Commodore relied on the 6502 -- which over nearly a half-century has been manufactured in quantities approaching six billion.)

This composition of course also incorporates an homage to the #Monolith in Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was included in the new MIST1121 artpack collection.