Tonight's S-100 find detailed inventory

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Dec 29 22:50:19 2001

OK... first of all, let me say that an XOR box weighs a ton. Second,
here's what I have - more cards than a single computer needs. I wish
I hadn't given away _all_ of my 68K S-100 stuff to a friend years ago
(but at least it's in good hands)

In the backplane when I got it:

o COMPU/TIME UFDC-1 floppy disk controller, c. 1983
      Labelled jumpers for drives A-D, each with "5/8", "S0" and "S1"
      1 34-pin connector
      1 50-pin connector
      WDC FD1795PL-02 FDC chip
      no docs

o COEX 64K static RAM board, c. 1984
      32 Hitachi M58725P 2Kx8 SRAM chips
      no docs (but jumpers are labelled)

o COMPU/TIME SBC-880 CPU board (c) 1980
      no CPU chip

Loose boards...

o QT Computer Systems RAM+65 SRAM board, c. 1981
      32 2114 SRAMs (16K total)
      missing IC49 (near the S-100 fingers, probably a 74LS240 or 74LS244)
      labelled DIP switches
      no docs

o Vector Graphic 8K SRAM board, c. 1980
      64 2102 SRAMs
      no docs

o Seals Electronics SRAM board, (c) 1976
      64 2102 SRAMs (8K)
      no docs

o SSM VB1C video card, c. 1980
      docs

o SSM VB2 video card, c. 1979
      chips still under plastic
      docs

o Cromemco TU-ART Digital Interface, c. 1982
      2 parallel
      2 serial
      NIB
      docs

o Vector Graphic Bit Streamer serial card
      8251 SIO chip
      no docs

o MITS 88 UIO "Universal I/O Card"(?) c. 1977
      M6850
      AY-5-10134
      26-pin Berg-styled connector
      10-pin .154"(?)-spacing single-row connector (P-2)
      no docs

o Unknown-brand mystery card (video?), c. 1979
      8212
      2 x 2708 EPROM (each marked 'FW II Gen', one with down arrow, one up)
      4 x 2114-3 SRAMs
      6-pin .1"-spacing single-row connector
      U42 missing (24-pin .6" DIP)
      no docs
      
o SSM CB1A CPU board, c. 1980
      INS8080A
      2 x 8212
      2 x 2708 (marked "0-3V" and "4.7V")
      2 x 2114
      docs

o SSM 8080 Monitor V1 docs
      command summary
      listings


So, all in all, a good night's work. I'd love to learn more about
what I have, especially the stuff with no docs. Some of the docs
I do have, have schematics, but some of it is assembly and rudimentary
test/programming instructions.

I would appreciate any and all tips to online versions of docs for
this stuff. I would also appreciate any tips for getting an OS for
the box with its COMPU/TIME cards. I suppose one way would be to
receive a 5.25" image, reconstitute it and boot the system off of
mini-floppy, then format a disk or two on the 8" floppies and go
from there.

-ethan


      

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