{"id":6239,"date":"2021-02-19T14:14:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willem.aandewiel.nl\/?p=6239"},"modified":"2021-02-26T11:22:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T10:22:31","slug":"a-32kb-memory-expansion-board-for-the-microkim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willem.aandewiel.nl\/index.php\/2021\/02\/19\/a-32kb-memory-expansion-board-for-the-microkim\/","title":{"rendered":"A 32kb Memory Expansion Board for the microKIM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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As you may know, I own a microKIM<\/em> (KIM-1 clone) Single Board Computer (SBC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is a trip down memory lane to work with the incredible simplicity of what was once \u201ctop of the bill<\/em>\u201d technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original KIM-1 I once owned had 1kb of RAM and the microKIM has 5kb RAM. That is a big improvement but even so it can be better. As Vincent Briel<\/em> (the designer of the microKIM) made a career change, his company \u201cBriel Computers<\/a>\u201d is no longer in business and you can no longer buy his 32kb memory expansion board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so it came to pass that I had to design a memory card by myself. With this 32kb memory expansion board the total amount of RAM will be a whooping 37kb<\/strong><\/em>! More than enough to run a BASIC interpreter (and more) and in combination with my \u201cdigital Tape Recorder<\/a><\/em>\u201d I now have a \u201cstate of the Art<\/em>\u201d vintage computer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n