Spiffy Little Hamfest Find

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Aug 8 18:46:03 1999

Forgot to mention, I have a bit of DOC, but haven't read it yet. Perhaps I
can find where the serial port connections are located. Since the thing
doesn't appear to have a UART, I'm curious what it uses. Perhaps it uses a
6522 serial I/O port. It could bit-bang, I guess.

After I've looked the docs/schematics over, I'll know more, which I'll
share, if needed.

Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Clifton - Wirehead <wirehead_at_retrocomputing.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 4:09 PM
Subject: Spiffy Little Hamfest Find


>
>Found an AIM-65 at a hamfest today (at the Amana Colonies near
>Cedar Rapids, Iowa) for $1.00. It's got the cheesiest brown,
>plastic case I've ever seen, a cut little printer built in,
>an ascii keyboard, a funky led display and not much else.
>
>I haven't powered it up yet since it seems to want 12 and 24
>volts and I don't have a 24 volt supply handy.
>
>Does anyone have the pinouts for the expansion and application
>connectors on this little guy?
>
>Also, there's a switch that lets you switch between keyboard and
>tty but I see no place to connect a tty, not even a little dual
>inline connector or anything appropriate. Clues?
>
>Thanks...
>
>Anthony Clifton - Wirehead
>
>
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