AIM-65
The Rockwell AIM-65 computer was a training and development system based on a 6502 microprocessor from MOS Technology and was introduced in 1976 . The AIM-65 looked like a successor to the KIM-1 computer and a brother of the Ohio Scientific Superboard II . A floppy disk controller and an expansion connector on the rear were provided as additional hardware . 1981 presented Rockwell an improved model, the AIM-65/40 , with 40-character display before. The Siemens company built the AIM-65 under the name PC 100 under license.
software
The software available for the AIM-65 contained a monitor program with assembler / disassembler , a BASIC interpreter, assembler , Pascal , PL / 65 and a FORTH development system. The standard software gave the system its name and contained the monitor program in ROM , the so-called Advanced Interactive Monitor (AIM).
technical structure
- Built-in English QWERTY keyboard
- 20-character alphanumeric LED display (16 segments)
- Integrated 20-character thermal printer
- Serial interface 20 mA current loop (TTY)
- Cassette interface with its own protocol or "KIM-1" mode
- Application connector with 6522 chip VIA from MOS Technology
- Internal RAM memory of 4 kB
- 5 sockets for each 4 kB ROM or EPROM chips. Two sockets for the operating system (monitor), two for BASIC, one for Forth, PL / 65, 2-pass assembler etc.
- General expansion connection ("Expansion")
- The "application" or "expansion plug" is largely compatible with the single-board computers KIM-1 from MOS Technology and SYM-1 from Synertek.