IC question and hamfest finds

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun Feb 13 19:19:54 2000

< What the Cosmac board? Let's see, It's 8 1/4" high x 9" deep. It has a
<edge connector with about 88 contacts with what looks like .156" spacing.
<There are four 1/2 AA size batteries near the top. Probably Nicads. They'r
<growing white fuzz. The CPU is near the edge connector and is a RCA CDP
<1802CE. It has the number 936 below the CDP number. Below it are three ZIF
<sockets, two of them have 2516 EPROMs in them. To the left of the CPU are
<two AMI 8039 22 pin ICs. All the other ICs are SSI. On the bottom edge it
<says "TRANSYT CORP. CPU T-3020". The end opposite the edge connector has a

< Any idea what it's out of?

It is an 1802 CPU. the 936 is the 36th week of '79 most likely.

Nope, not any of the 1802 SBC I know of and the connector was not typical
of hobbiest class machines. My guess is a custom app.

Allison
Received on Sun Feb 13 2000 - 19:19:54 GMT

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