Intellec 8

In 1973-75 Intel Corporation released five Intellec series Microcomputer Development Systems (MDS) for its 4004, 4040, 8008 and 8080 CPUs: the Intellec 4, Intellec 4/40, Intellec 8, Intellec 8/80, and Intellec MDS.

The Intellec 8 is a complete, selfcontained microcomputer development system designed specifically to support the development and implementation of 8008 CPU based microcomputer systems. Its modular design facilitates the development of both large and small MCS-8 systems.

The basic Intellec 8 consists of seven standard microcomputer modules (CPU, RAM, PROM, I/O, PROM Programmer, Front Panel Control) and power supplies enclosed in a fin ished table top cabinet. The heart of the system is the imm 8-S2 central processor module built around Intel's 8008 p-channel 8-bit CPU on a single chip.

The Intellec Development System directly supports up to 16K of memory, eight input ports, twenty-four output ports, and provides expansion capability for custom designed microcomputer modules within the system chassis. The front panel designer's console provides an easy means of monitoring and controlling system operation, manually moving data to and from memory and input/output devices, setting hardware breakpoints, and executing or debugging programs.

The Intellec 8 has 10K bytes of memory in its basic configuration which can be expanded to 16K bytes within the system chassis. Of the basic 10K bytes of memory, 5K bytes are random access read/write memory located on two imm 6-28 RAM memory modules. This memory can be used for both data and program storage. The remaining 2K bytes of memory are located on the imm 6-26 PROM memory module and contain the Intellec 8 system monitor in eight Intel® 1702A erasable and field programmable read only memory chips. Eight additional sockets (2K bytes) are available on the imm 6-26 for expansion.