Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!mama!andy From: andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: Ohio Scientific Message-ID: <1991Jun7.052945.3612@research.canon.oz.au> Date: 7 Jun 91 05:29:45 GMT References: <158318@pyramid.pyramid.com> <1991May22.202435.24605@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Jun5.195910.28934@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Jun6.204920.14030@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman) Reply-To: andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman) Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia Lines: 21 In article <1991Jun6.204920.14030@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan) writes: >That depends - the AIM seemed more like a bare-bones kit than a >full-fledged computer. Did the AIM have BASIC in ROM? From the ads I >remember, it looked like a big breadboard with a hex keypad and some >7-segment LED displays. Could you hook a terminal up to it? The AIM-65 was the first microprocessor system I got my hands on. It had a monitor with a single line assembler/disassembler and BASIC in ROM (this was an option). The display was one line of 20 characters using 16-segment LEDS and it had a thermal printer. No keypad on the AIM, it had a real keyboard. Are you thinking about the KIM-1? >Mu impression of the AIM was that it was aimed more toward the nuts and >volts EE hardware-oriented type, not the more software-oriented type. Of >course, I wouldn't mind having am AIM65 *now* to play with, but as a >first computer it might have been a bit too much. This definitely seemed to be the case. A fun machine (but downright ugly!). -- Andy Newman (andy@research.canon.oz.au)