A.R. Duell wrote:
>
> > I have the ICE-80 as well, and used it many times (in the way past!).
> > Intel was the first company to have in-circuit emulators (I believe) and
>
> I'd _love_ an ICE-3000 (or whatever it's called) - the one for the
> 3000-series bit-slice chips.
Never knew there was one of those.
> Do you happen to have any manuals on the ICE-80? I got all the other
> manuals for my system, but those, and the ICE-80 probe were missing. The
> probe turned up in a clearout 2 years later (!), but the manuals were
> never found.
I'll check. Might just have them.
> > > UPP (Universal Prom Programmer) controlled by a 4040.
> >
> > Now the UPP is a unique device. It has personality boards for many
>
> Indeed. I think I have the 2708, 2716 and 8748 (!) personality boards. I
> have the 2 24 pin sockets on the front (alas - the 16 and 24 pin pair
> would probably have been more useful).
>
> The personality boards contain the 4001 ROMs containing the programming
> code for the particular EPROM.
>
> > different type of memories. There aren't too many eprom programmers out
> > than can do 1702s, but it is one.
>
> I don't have the 1702 personality board, but then my MCS8i can do 1702's,
> so it's no real problem...
That was another one of those boards prone to failure. Too much analog
stuff I suppose. Tough to keep it in cal.
> > > Mine's the MDS800. I also have the MCS8i, which was also 8080 based, used
> > > a custom bus, and had a full front panel. That one has 8K of RAM, (2 4K
> > > cards), 2K ROM (in 1702s), 8080 CPU, I/O card, and 1702 programmer.
> >
> > I think the MCS8i was originally the Intellec 8. It was 8008 based, but
>
> Indeed it was. It says Intellec 8 on the front, but I seem to recall that
> MCS8i is written on it somewhere. I think mine was built as an 8080 system
> (The date codes on the CPU board are not much later than those on all the
> other boards, for example), rather than being upgraded.
>
> > there was an upgrade that made it an 8080 cpu. As old as I am, that one
> > predates my experience. The Intellec 800 was my first development
> > system.
>
> I bought my MCS8i at a radio rally (hamfest). It was a choice between that
> and an Altair. I personally think I bought the more interesting machine...
Indeed you did! Altairs are everywhere! You have the machine that
likely the Altair was designed with!!!
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Dave Mabry dmabry_at_mich.com
Great Lakes Maritime Institute Underwater Research Team
NACD NSS-CDS #42872
Received on Sun Mar 23 1997 - 21:10:52 GMT