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Intersil IM6100 Intercept junior like

bernardBernard wrote 04/18/2021 at 17:05 • 1 min read • Like

When I was student in 1979 my solar project need to drive a equatorial parabola.

I decided to use IM6100 and test application program with an Intercept Junior and TTY.

In 2018, During dismantling cubicle in a room, I found old boards with IM6100.

My idea was to retro build a Intercept Jr like board with CPU and other chips.

After drawing schematic on Eagle, I weld about 900 wires on double side universal board.

To load program code in EEPROM memory I use Microduino board ATMEGA 1244. `

For access, DMA pin is activate to allowed Microduino loading 12 bits CPU codes.

Recently I found Smal8.c source file of PAL III Pdp8 assembler. I adapt application for the board compile and use with Sublimetext3 build menu. perfect !

So I decide to test RS232 connection and I2C line to drive LCD 20x4.

http://b.autran.free.fr/videos/IM6100-LD.mov

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Bernard wrote 12/01/2022 at 09:19 point

Hi Robert,

I was just inspired by some part of the program to make the subroutine calls and manage the stack.
Here is the manual used. 

https://www.jkearney.com/sbc6120/Intercept_Jr._Manual.pdf

and

https://www.hb9aik.ch/computer/AN%20M008.pdf

I had adapt to my HW.

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Robert Armstrong wrote 11/30/2022 at 03:14 point

Nice job!  Where did you find the code or ROM images for the Intercept Jr monitor program?

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