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a whole 255 byte free!

the manual is scanned years ago. no secrets.

ends at 1540. and will disappear in the blackhole of a wealthy collector

over 1000 now

the other one went tuesday for a lot more.

that is rare and the auction will be expensive!

KIM-1 1977

The LEDIP text editor or MicADE, a database program called Datensuche, calculators, a clock, a banner printer, and even music programs.
A tiny computer with a huge ecosystem. 🚀🖥️

Yes, mine and Armin Hierstetter's version are identical. Even the case with plexiglas. These came from a batch used in a trainingsscenter? The ebay seller did not know.

Found it. Computer! June 1981 Issue 13 Page 34
KIM is Dead!!! Long Live KIM!!!

The Digitus PCB is clearly inspired by the KIM-1 but also has many differences. The essential KIM-1 specific parts like 6530-002 and 6530-003 and the keypad were available from MOS Technology as spare parts, no license required for those.

Around 1980. There was an editorial in one of the magazines (which I can not find at the moment, the question popped up some time ago) that quoted a Commodore product manager that production was stopped to make way for the PET.

My Digitus has serial X080X

I have a Digitus clone also, but there is not much known about it. You know about it being licensed?

Mark Wutka's Linux command line github.com/wutka/kim1-e...
Oskar Vermeulen's Arduino based obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence...

And to know what you are doing get "The First Book of KIM" by Butterfiels, Ockers, Rehnke
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