Re: [vcf-midatlantic] KIM-1 find (was:The next Great VCF workshop July 15 & 16, 2017)
On 6/29/2017 9:00 AM, Chris Fala wrote:
$20 KIM-1?!?!?!? I don't think jealous is a strong enough word. Let me know if you ever get tired of it! LOL Sounds like your priorities for going to this event are in order. :-) Have a good time.
Chris
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic* <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org>> Date: Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 7:18 AM Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] The next Great VCF workshop July 15 & 16, 2017 I won't be able to make it as the 16th is the Sussex County Hamfest, last year I scored a $20 Rev-b Kim-1. Regards, Jeff Galinat
Thanks Chris, The guy said the KIM-1 didn't work but I figured that for $20 I would hang it on my wall if I couldn't fix it. I brought it home, applied power, hit reset & it worked fine. I entered the clock program from the "First Book of KIM" and it worked as expected. The only thing I can think of think of is that the seller mistook the SST switch on the keyboard for a power switch since it is labeled ON/OFF and he didn't know that you had to hit reset before it would do anything. Anyway, there is always lots of interesting stuff at the Sussex hamfest. Regards, Jeff
Wow, good job there! About as good as the box of 6x rev 0/rev 1 KIM-1s I found working in a warehouse in college. Thanks, Jonathan On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On 6/29/2017 9:00 AM, Chris Fala wrote:
$20 KIM-1?!?!?!? I don't think jealous is a strong enough word. Let me know if you ever get tired of it! LOL Sounds like your priorities for going to this event are in order. :-) Have a good time.
Chris
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic* <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintage computerfederation.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists. vintagecomputerfederation.org>> Date: Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 7:18 AM Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] The next Great VCF workshop July 15 & 16, 2017 I won't be able to make it as the 16th is the Sussex County Hamfest, last year I scored a $20 Rev-b Kim-1. Regards, Jeff Galinat
Thanks Chris, The guy said the KIM-1 didn't work but I figured that for $20 I would hang it on my wall if I couldn't fix it. I brought it home, applied power, hit reset & it worked fine. I entered the clock program from the "First Book of KIM" and it worked as expected. The only thing I can think of think of is that the seller mistook the SST switch on the keyboard for a power switch since it is labeled ON/OFF and he didn't know that you had to hit reset before it would do anything. Anyway, there is always lots of interesting stuff at the Sussex hamfest. Regards, Jeff
On 6/29/2017 11:03 AM, systems_glitch via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Wow, good job there! About as good as the box of 6x rev 0/rev 1 KIM-1s I found working in a warehouse in college.
Thanks, Jonathan
Hi Jonathan, Wow, that was quite the find! I assume they were considered obsolete & hope you were allowed to keep or purchase them. Back in the early 90's, through an ad in a local for sale mag (Want Ad Press), I found 2 KIM-1s along with original manuals and a KIMSAI board with other accessories for $50. Almost no one was collecting this kind of stuff then One of the boards was a Rev A that had an early 6502 with the ROR bug. I wasn't collecting vintage machines at the time so i sold them all the items through eBay a few years later for about $1100 which I used to purchase some ham radio gear I wanted for a while. Once I started collecting vintage hardware I regretted selling the KIM-1s so I was thrilled to find once by sheer luck. This one is a Rev B board so it is still pretty early. The PCB is in good shape although the metal tops of the 6530's have some corrosion and the metal body of the 5K pot has some rust. I am glad it still works. Regards, Jeff
Wow, cool story. The guy didn't know what he had, so you got it cheap. Better than the idiots out there trying to sell an untested Commodore 64 for $300. There seems to be a lot of eBay inflation recently, a little scary. Glad I have what I have, I can't afford to buy anything anymore. ;-) On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On 6/29/2017 9:00 AM, Chris Fala wrote:
$20 KIM-1?!?!?!? I don't think jealous is a strong enough word. Let me know if you ever get tired of it! LOL Sounds like your priorities for going to this event are in order. :-) Have a good time.
Chris
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic* <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintage computerfederation.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists. vintagecomputerfederation.org>> Date: Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 7:18 AM Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] The next Great VCF workshop July 15 & 16, 2017 I won't be able to make it as the 16th is the Sussex County Hamfest, last year I scored a $20 Rev-b Kim-1. Regards, Jeff Galinat
Thanks Chris, The guy said the KIM-1 didn't work but I figured that for $20 I would hang it on my wall if I couldn't fix it. I brought it home, applied power, hit reset & it worked fine. I entered the clock program from the "First Book of KIM" and it worked as expected. The only thing I can think of think of is that the seller mistook the SST switch on the keyboard for a power switch since it is labeled ON/OFF and he didn't know that you had to hit reset before it would do anything. Anyway, there is always lots of interesting stuff at the Sussex hamfest. Regards, Jeff
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