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NAME  

Educator II

MANUFACTURER  

Motorola

TYPE  

Training Microcomputer

ORIGIN  

USA

YEAR  

1977

END OF PRODUCTION 

Unknown

BUILT IN LANGUAGE 

Monitor in ROM

KEYBOARD  

11 toggle switches

CPU  

Motorola M6800

SPEED  

625 KHz

RAM  

128 bytes expandable to 256 bytes on main board and up to 65,536 bytes trough external expander port.

ROM  

512 bytes

TEXT MODES 

None

GRAPHIC MODES 

None

COLORS  

None

SOUND  

None

SIZE / WEIGHT 

265 x 140 x 40 mm / 670 gr

I/O PORTS 

Expansion port, Tape-recorder

POWER SUPPLY 

External PSU 5 VDC, 1A. Sold separately as a kit

PERIPHERALS  

Cassette Recorder, RAM expansion

PRICE  

$169.95 + $29.95 for Power Supply Kit

 

Educator II

In 1977 Motorola introduced its new NMOS microcomputer Educator II kit.

The Educator II is an 8-bit microcomputer system in kit form. The kit contained an NMOS 8-bit MPU, PIA, 128x8-bit static RAM, two TTL 512x4-bit ROMs, and a TTL clock circuit. The NMOS components are the HEP versions of the M6800 microcomputer products. Educator II utilizes the full instruction set and address modes of the MC6800 MPU. The clock frequency is approximately 625 kHz. An executive program, residing in the ROMs, contains routines for examining and modifying memory locations and MPU registers, servicing interrupts, transferring programs to and from cassette tapes, searching tapes for specific programs, and testing the finished kit. The executive uses 14 bytes of RAM for a scratchpad; the remaining 114 bytes are for user programs. An optional 128x8-bit RAM can be added to the pc board for larger user programs. Educator II is housed in an aluminum case. Front panel toggle switches and LEDs are used to enter and display machine code. Internal PCB edge connector provide an interface to the PIA and standard CRT display equipment.


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