Quazar

A bit of a longshot, but I'll throw this question out here! Anyone remember what sort of 6502 dev board was used for the Scottish Higher Technological Studies around 1991/2?

I remember it had keypad for entering your code as hex, 7 segment displays and digital inputs/outputs for switches, lights, stepper motors...

I remember there was a reference guide for it (folded sheet of A4) with 6502 op codes etc that could be used in the exam too. I binned school stuff many decades ago but curious to see if anyone out there still has anything from all those decades ago.

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Apr 7 at 7:13amWeb
Show threadChris Burton23h ago
@quazarsamcoupe we had the EMMA II at college around that time http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/emma-by-l-j-technical-systems/emma/#EMMAII
EMMA – Retro Computing

Show threadQuazar23h ago
@burtyb Hmm... that looks like the sort of thing we had, can't be 100% sure yet, but it's certainly ticking all the right boxes... hex keypad, the I/O ports on the left, 7 segment displays, buttons for entering code, stepping through the addresses....
Show threadSteve Hammond✒️ 📚🔭📹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿23h ago
@quazarsamcoupe Sounds like the Rockwell AIM65. We had these at Abertay Uni (back when it was Dundee Institute of Technology). ASCII keyboard, though so maybe not.
Show threadQuazar23h ago

@snap2grid Thanks, but definitely not the AIM65.

(I went to an open night at the DIT in 1992!)

Show threadSteve Hammond✒️ 📚🔭📹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿22h ago
@quazarsamcoupe Well, I'm all out of ideas! Was out of there by mid 92 so probably just missed crossing paths.
Show threadPhil M0OFX23h ago

@quazarsamcoupe The MOS KIM-1 and Synertek SYM-1 fit that description. There were a lot of single-board 6502 computers though... it was almost a rite of passage (at one point) to make one.

For a UK twist, Flight Electronics (aka Flite) did a lot of educational computer boards back in the day. I know they took on the Micro-Professor from Acer/Multitech - they may have done a 6502 board.

Show threadQuazar21h ago

@philpem It wasn't the KIM-1 or SYM-1. Looking at the archive information Flite still have online, they made boards for Z80, 68000 and 8086.

It's looking like the Emma II (as suggested in another reply) is a real contender...

Show threadHans Otten21h ago
@quazarsamcoupe Emma very likely. A good choice as a package for education in those days.
Show threadQuazar21h ago
@hansotten The Emma II is a big possibility...