Yes it was an ascii keyboard so if it worked, the interface to the Apple-1 is easy. It just had a lot of bad chips which were soldered in.
corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ > On Jan 12, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Brad H <vintagecompu...@bettercomputing.net> > wrote: > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Corey Cohen <appleco...@optonline.net> > Date: 2017-01-12 3:25 AM (GMT-08:00) > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts" <cct...@classiccmp.org> > Cc: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Sol Terminal Color Photo, and PROMs > > The keyboard looks like a variant of the keyboard on display at the Victoria > and Albert Museum in London right now attached to the Apple-1. It was a > giant pain to get it working correctly. I didn't have good schematics so had > to create a ton of notes and pseudo schematics using a ohm meter, scope and > logic analyzer. It was very satisfying to get it working :-) > > The V&A keyboard is KTC-065-01466. > > There is a story on the sol-20 prototype proms, if I recall correctly, in the > book "Fire in the valley". > > Cheers, > Corey > > corey cohen > uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ > >> On Jan 12, 2017, at 12:50 AM, Brad H <vintagecompu...@bettercomputing.net> >> wrote: >> >> Hey guys, >> >> >> >> Does anyone know if any color photos exist of the Sol 'Intelligent Terminal' >> that appeared on the cover of Popular Electronics, July 1976? I just >> discovered that that Keytronics keyboard I bought on ebay (the one parted >> out from a mystery 8080 terminal of some sort) is the same one they used for >> the PE cover unit. I found the artwork tonight on sol20.org for the >> original PCB. If I could find a color photo it'd at least be possible to >> build a replica of that unit someday. >> >> >> >> I was curious too if anyone knew the story behind the four optional PROM ICs >> that could be installed on the board. The article only says 'Optional, >> write in for details'. Can't find any more info than that anywhere. I >> understand Processor Technology sort of dodged around PE's reluctance to >> publish any more computer articles, and I'm wondering if the terminal could >> be turned into a full blown computer with the aid of those PROMs. >> >> >> >> To refresh - this is the keyboard I bought. >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4pq0-BHd2x6eHNhTWVGZkhxRFk/view?usp=sharin >> g >> >> >> >> Definitely seems to be the same one - just different colors and legends on >> the keys themselves. >> >> >> >> Brad >> > > Thanks Corey! > From what I've read around about this terminal.. PE didn't want to do any > more articles on computers so Processor Tech sort of stripped down what was > to become their Terminal Computer, calling it just a terminal for the > article, although apparently the motherboard design changed to what's in the > Sol 20. I'll look for that book. It's interesting that this first terminal > isn't better documented. Or that PE didn't take one color photo of the first > unit. > Was the output on the keyboard you worked on ASCII at least?
