@mrdoornbos Sorry to not be able to follow you.

The Mt. Rushmore of IT ...

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/markrussinovich_i-had-the-thrill-of-a-lifetime-hosting-dinner-activity-7341857033932914691-f5Kw/

#BillGates
#LinusTorvalds
#MarkRussinovich
#DaveCutler

In Bad König, Westenwald, Germany, Matthias Schmitt and his wife have developed a museum dedicated to Technik called TECMUMAS. Mostly retro computers from the early days to the nineteens.

Here some photos of my visit in June 2025, when I was given the opportunity to see and photograph MOS Technology KIM-4 and KIM-5 devices and the Synertek MDT 1000.

Besides those systems TECMUMAS is home to about 1400 computers.

https://tecmumas.de/

http://retro.hansotten.nl/tecmumas-dem-technikmuseum-matthias-schmitt/

@olimex supported with drivers in rpi os or custom ?

During a visit to the TECMUMAS museum I found a Synertek MDT 1000 development system. Only known to me from an advertisement in Electronics 1980.

http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/synertek-sym-ktm/synertek-mdt-1000/

https://tecmumas.de/

Thanks to a tip by Stefano B., who found tape dumps of university archives I have added:

Compilers developed at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

– Pascal-U, 1977 derivate of the portable Pascal P2
– Pascal-VU, the ISO standard Pascal compiler 1979
– the Amsterdam Compiler Kit

I also added some personal information about my time at the VU

Stefano also traced the Pascal P3 compiler, 1976, missing link between Pascal P2 and P4

Some variants of Pascal-S are also found.
http://pascal.hansotten.com/2025/06/11/pascal-p3-compiler-vu-pascal-compilers-pascal-s/

New information added to the Synertek pages:

Images of Synertek objects in my collection
http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/synertek-sym-ktm/my-synertek-collection-photos/

VIM-1 Reference Manual May 1978 scanned
Circuit Diagram SM-1 high resolution high quality scanned
SYM-1 Technical Notes
http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/synertek-sym-ktm/sym-1/sym-1-manuals-and-ref-cards/

Manual of KTM-2 and KTM-2/80
February 1981, high quality
http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/synertek-sym-ktm/ktm-2-ktm_2-80/

SYM-2 manual, photos, source of monitor and ROM dump
http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/synertek-sym-ktm/sym-2/

Retro archeology: found the sources etc of two early VU Pascal compilers! And the source of the P3 compiler. P2 and P4 are well known, P3 was thought to be lost.
Lots to update on my Pascal website the next days!

#RunCPM v6.7
with #RP2040 / #RP2350 Core v4.5.4
for #Pico / #PicoW and #Pico2
as Source and .#UF2 Binary at https://github.com/guidol70/RunCPM_RPi_Pico/raw/refs/heads/main/v6_7/GL20250601_Binary_Source_RunCPM_v6_7.zip

If for anyone the with -o3 Pico2 UF2 version di freeze then try the UF2 version compiled with -o2
Had this only with the compiled FRAROUND of the MBASIC version.
On the v4.5.2 of the Pico Cord I think it was also working with the -o3 version

@mrdoornbos RIP

Thanks to Paul Schroeter I have also published the SYM-2 Reference Manual.
http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/synertek-sym-ktm/sym-2/

Synertek SYM-1 and SYM-2 updates.
- Higher quality version of the Reference manual of the SYM-1, third edition.
-Recreated sources of the monitor ROM of SYM-1 1. and 1.1 and SYM-2 2.0
See here: http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/synertek-sym-ktm/sym-1/sym-1-monitor-and-rae/
http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/synertek-sym-ktm/sym-2/

RomWBW Pico Z80 CPM computer emulator https://extkits.co.uk/product/pico-romwbw/

and

RC2040 Pico #RC2014 Z80 emulator https://extkits.co.uk/product/rc2040/

Now both compile under SDK2

Most issues fixed by using a later release of SDK2 (glad I waited for that one, rather than trying to fix the bleeding edge) and the serial port issue was a minor fix sent to me by a contributor (Thanks)

Other XK Pico kits to be SDK2'ed later...

Fixed code at Github

https://github.com/ExtremeElectronics/RC2040

and

https://github.com/ExtremeElectronics/RC2040-ROMWBW

@mrdoornbos So true: Use the tools that work for you! And move on to another if the tools is not fit for the purpose you need it for.
All these silly fanboy wars are childish.

Yet another CP/M-65 port for the KIM-1, this time using Corsham's SD Shield as a floppy emulator.
https://github.com/eduardocasino/cpm65/releases/tag/kim-1-sdshield

RC2040 - Retro emulated Z80 CP/M computer kit
The RC2040 is a PI PICO emulated RC2014 kit, with CP/M-80. It is capable of running the stock ROM images currently supported by the RC2014 (except RomWBW) which gives you a number of monitors and ROM based BASIC.

SD card and Pico come programmed with ... Read More - https://extkits.co.uk/rc2040
#kits #makers #stem #science

Signetics 2650 processor based on IBM 1130 emulator is made with Olimex PICO2 XL https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/signetics-2650-icepi-developed-with-olimex-pico2-xl-board/ #retrocomputer #retrogaming #signetics #pico2 #rp2350

So, you have a KIM-1 Clone running BASIC, a whopping 49k of RAM free, and want to compute like it's 1976.

You only have 1200 bps terminal and no graphics, but quite a lot of free RAM. One idea is you can spend a kinda ridiculous amount of time writing a Mars Colony simulator game on it.