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Was the KIM-1 the first 6502 computer? I'm not sure. In any event, try out the KIM-1 simulator if you want to use your 6502 coding skills: https://maksimkorzh.
by JKCalhoun 2y ago
Was the KIM-1 the first 6502 computer? I'm not sure.
In any event, try out the KIM-1 simulator if you want to use your 6502 coding skills: https://maksimkorzh.github.io/KIM-1/ https://maksimkorzh.github.io/KIM-1/
- classichasclass 2y agoIt's down to either the KIM-1 or the JOLT. The JOLT was advertised in December 1975 ( http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/jolt-and-super-jolt/jolt/ http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/jolt-and-super-jolt/jolt/ ), compared with the 6502 which was being sampled around June or July. The KIM-1 was variously noted as early as winter 1975 but some sources say it wasn't available until 1976, but then the JOLT probably didn't get into people's hands until then either. I think it's logical that MOS would have been the first one to use their own chip but that's not a given. I have a ROR-less KIM-1, though, so there are systems dating from that early.
- chasil 2y agoThe wiki says that the KIM-1 was an internal design, and the Apple 1 was the first customer design. "Another group inside [MOS] designed the KIM-1... One of the first "public" uses for the design was the Apple I microcomputer, introduced in 1976." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_6502 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_6502
- timbit42 2y agoAccording to Wikipedia, the Microcomputer Associates Inc. (MAI) JOLT came out in July 1975, the Apple 1 came out July 1976, and the KIM-1 came out in 1976 but no month is specified. Also, the JOLT was used in the Atari VCS prototype. MAI was later acquired by Synertek and the company was rebranded as Synertek Systems and then created the SYM-1, a 6502-based SBC, in 1976.