Here is a reply I got from alt.atari.2600 on my Atari S-100 boards.
Sam
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From: jjessop1_at_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_at_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_at_crl.com. Thanks!
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Sam
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