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Rockwell KIM-1

I don't know if Rockwell actually made them or not, but I seem to recall seeing actual Rockwell branded KIM-1s before.
 
I have one just like this without the Rockwell sticker. Mine is a Rev E (this auction is a Rev F) but also has Commodore/MOS on it so Commodore owned them at Rev E (at least). Maybe Rockwell resold them before or during the AIM-65 because it was a similar market?

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Pet Rescue said:
Didn't Rockwell (Allen Bradley) own MOS before it was acquired by the men who sold it to Commodore.
So they must have made the Kim-1 at some point.
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I don't think Rockwell owned Allen-Bradley yet at that point. IIRC, that didn't happen for another 20 years.

snuci said:
I have one just like this without the Rockwell sticker. Mine is a Rev E (this auction is a Rev F) but also has Commodore/MOS on it so Commodore owned them at Rev E (at least). Maybe Rockwell resold them before or during the AIM-65 because it was a similar market?
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My best guess is that they resold them before they started selling their own 6502. Even that board has a MOS 6502 on it.
 
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Pet Rescue said:
Noticed this ebay listing

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Rockwell-KIM-1-Computer-Trainer-Works-Ships-Worldwide-/191350818967
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That eBay seller always has lots of interesting stuff, always with Buy It Now (never "or best offer"), at about 160% - 200% of the price that I would buy it for. They're on my watched sellers list but I never bought anything from them because they're so expensive :)

Nevertheless, that's a nice looking Rockwell KIM-1. I'm pretty sure it's legit, I've seen them before. Rockwell had a license to produce the 6502, they must have also had a license to sell the KIM-1. Notice it has a Rockwell 6502 (the logo on the chip is pretty obvious), only the 6530s are MOS (makes sense, they owned the IP and 6530s were probably never made anywhere else). And I love the red resistors and the green PCB :)

===Jac
 
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