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

[Jonathan Chapman]

It'll work with a 6800, you just have to change the ROM. No PSU changes required.

Thanks,
Jonathan

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On Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 at 21:51, Bill Degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
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>> 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
>>>>
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>>>> 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