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The MEK6800D2 was a development board for the Motorola 6800 microprocessor, produced by Motorola in 1976. It featured a keyboard with hexadecimal keys and an LED display, but also featured an RS-232 asynchronous serial interface for a Teletype or other terminal. Data and programs could be loaded from and saved to an audio cassette tape. There was an on-board monitor program called JBUG (analogous to an operating system on a modern computer) fitted in a 1K byte ROM, and the maximum RAM capacity on board was 512 bytes, but this could be expanded via the Motorola EXORciser computer bus interface.[1]
The hardware consisted of two circuit boards. The keyboard-display module contained a 16 key (hexidecimal) data entry section, and eight function keys labeled M, E, R, G, V, N, L, and Pl along with a 6 hex digit LED display. The keyboard-display board connected to the microcomputer module by a 50-conductor ribbon cable.[2]
There was also a parallel bus interface for general purpose I/O.
Another popular monitor program for this system is called MIKBUG.
References
- ^ http://www.vintagecomputer.net/motorola/mek6800d2/ Vintage Computer Photos subject: motorola mek6800d2] vintagecomputer.net
- ^ Perdue, Terry (January 1978). "Micro Maestro: A musical review of Motorola's MEK6800D2" (PDF). Kilobaud. No. 13. pp. 94–96. ark:/13960/t25b1f93k. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2019. Alt URL
Bibliography
- Leventhal, Lance A. Microcomputer experimentation with the Motorola MEK6800D2. Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-580761-1
See also
- Microprocessor development boards
- For a clone of the D2 kit see following website (6802 MAXC D2 Board).
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