[vcf-midatlantic] MOS 6501 in an Ohio Scientific 400 Board

Bill Degnan billdegnan at gmail.com
Wed Oct 27 01:51:44 UTC 2021


Did you say a 6800 also works, but you had to adapt the power, or did I
misread an earlier message?
Bill

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 9:46 PM Jonathan Chapman via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> OK, I'm going to try and make Festivus as long as nothing comes up. And of
> course anyone else with a 6501 is welcome to test, too!
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 at 20:40, Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey at vcfed.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 5:10 PM Jonathan Chapman via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Who knows -- some have shown up on eBay, but as far as I know there's
> been no effort to catalog the extant 6501s.
> >>
> >> I can bring the OSI 400 board by sometime if the museum would like to
> test their 6501, perhaps do a video about it or something.
> >
> > If you come up for Festivus, then we can do it at that time. Otherwise,
> just let us know when you come make a trip up to the museum.
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jonathan
> >>
> >> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >> On Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 at 15:53, Chris Fala <
> chrisjpf33 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> This feels like a historic moment. How many of these even exist any
> more?
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 3:40 PM Jonathan Chapman via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> imgur album: https://imgur.com/a/8jIj1dS
> >>>>
> >>>> We built up an Ohio Scientific 400 board for a Motorola 6800, and
> then plugged in a MOS 6501 and got it running!
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Jonathan


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