MCS-8 microcomputer (24 Sep 1974) (Engineering Materials). [18 drawings including parts list]
Drawings and a parts list are given for the MCS-8 Microcomputer, an Intel Corporation 8008 Central Processor Integrated Circuit interfaced with LLL-designed control logic, which provides experimenters with a basic, low-cost (approximately $500.00) digital computer system. The basic system has erasable and reprogrammable fixed memory for a set of 48 instructions and can be expanded to 16k 8-bit words of total memory. There are three ''expanded'' versions of the MCS-8 Microcomputer, all of which comprise basically the same logic modules. In the first version, called the ''Smart Terminal'', the microcomputer plug-in logic cards, complete with all electronics, are housed in the base of a Model T-33 Teletype machine. The second version of the MCS-8 incorporates the Model T-33 Teletype to communicate between operator and microcomputer. However, the plug-in logic cards and all electronics are contained in a separate rack mountable chassis (19-inch width). The third version of the MCS-8 Microcomputer, called the ''CRT-Terminal'', provides the operator with an electronic keyboard and CRT (cathode ray tube) for alpha-numeric or bar-graph visual readout. The keyboard, CRT and plug-in logic modules with the ancillary electronics for visual display are all fabricated into one desk-top unit. Applications include the control of research machines and fabrication processes, numerically operated machinery, printers, plotters, and keyboards. The MCS-8 can also be used as a logic element to significantly reduce the amount of combinational logic required in a system.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 7278551
- Report Number(s):
- CAPE-2454
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: 18 drawings
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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