INS8060 SC/MP Documents Library

A compilation of interesting magazine articles and documents that relate to the MK14 or SC/MP INS8060 Processor.

Elektor Articles:

Date No. Pages Title Description
November 1977 11 experimenting with the SC/MP Part 1.pdf A simple SC/MP system with binary switch input, binary LED output
December 1977 11 experimenting with the SC/MP Part 2.pdf Continuing the Elektor SC/MP system project
January 1978 8 experimenting with the SC/MP Part 3.pdf RAM and ROM memory expansion for the SC/MP system
February 1978 11 experimenting with the SC/MP Part 4.pdf Hex keypad and display for the SC/MP system
March 1978 5 experimenting with the SC/MP Part 5.pdf Discussion of the ELBUG OS for the SC/MP system
March 1978 3 SC/MP power supply.pdf A power supply for the Elektor SC/MP system
March 1978 3 4-k RAM card.pdf A 4K bytes RAM card for the Elektor SC/MP system
June 1978     Elektor SC/MP system as a digital clock
July/August 1978     Summer Circuits project #12 software 'Kojak Siren' for SC/MP
November 1978 3 SC/MP 'Mastermind' programme.pdf Mastermind for the SC/MP system
December 1978 2 singing SC/MP.pdf SC/MP playing Silent Night
February 1979 7 using elbug.pdf More discussion on the ELBUG OS
February 1979 1 D/A for µPs.pdf Example SC/MP code
May 1979   Interface for uP's Serial interface with example code for use with the SC/MP system
May 1979 9 BASIC microcomputer.pdf Bringing BASIC to the SC/MP system
May 1979 4 NIBL-E.pdf Article about NIBL BASIC to complement the above article
October 1979     New programs for the SC/MP - discussion of new SC/MP software available from 'Elektor Software Service'
January 1980 New Bus Board for Microprocessors - Motherboard to plug SC/MP system PCBs into
March 1980 8 printer for microprocessors.pdf Printer interface for SC/MP system, includes code listing of a disassembler
May 1980 4 elektor microprocessors.pdf Round-up of recent Elektor µP based projects
May 1980 10 junior computer.pdf Not SC/MP but a 6502 based hex input / hex display microcomputer project
July/August 1980 1 elektor_articles/cassette interface adaption.pdf For existing SC/MP cassette interfaces (Pauses uP to create EOL gaps) in Elektor January 1978 / Elekterminal in December 1978 to make into special cassette interface (e.g. Elektor BASIC Micro May 1980)
July/August 1982 1 elektor_articles/dynamic RAM for SCMP.pdf Refresh Mods to Dynamic RAM Card (Elektor 1982 - originally for Junior Computer) for SC/MP owners

ETI Articles:

Date No. Pages Title Description
February 1979 6 TWONKY An MPU music box that plays random tunes to the rules laid down by a compositional algorithm
       
       
       

Practical Electronics Articles:

Date No. Pages Title Description
December 1979 3 Micro-Bus.pdf Several interesting items for the MK14 including the 'Falling Man' program.
       
       
       

Computing Today Articles:

Date No. Pages Title Description
May 1979 2 Maze (SOFTSPOT) Computing Today May 1979.pdf Includes the MK14 Maze program
       
       
       

Introkit Documents:

Date No. Pages Title Description
March 1976 32 SC/MP Kit User Manual.pdf Assembly and user instructions for the Introkit
December 1976 43 SC/MP Keyboard Kit.pdf Instructions for the assembly of a keyboard kit for the Introkit
January 1977 26 SC/MP II Microprocessor Retrofit Kit.pdf Describes the conversion of an Introkit to accept an SC/MP-II chip

National Semiconductors Documents

Date No. Pages Title Description
January 1976 67 SC/MP Technical Description.pdf  
February 1976 105 SC/MP Programming and Assembler Manual.pdf Programming and assembly manual for National Semiconductors SC/MP Assembler
February 1977 161 SC/MP Microprocessor Applications Handbook.pdf Applications handbook for the SC/MP processor

Sinclair/ Science of Cambridge Documents

Date No. Pages Title Description
  93 MK14 Manual (early version).pdf Manual for the early version MK14 including the schematics and parts list
  111 MK14 Manual (later version).pdf Manual for the later version MK14 (no schematic)
  1 MK14 Early Issue Address Decoder Mods.pdf A single page describing the mods to make to the early version MK14 to remove (some ?) of the duplicate images in the memory map
  1 MK14 Advert 1980.jpg Magazine advert for the MK14 system from 1980
  4 MK14 Tape Interface Manual.pdf Notes on the construction of the MK14 Tape Interface Board including schematic
  8 MK14 VDU Instructions.pdf Notes on the construction of the MK14 VDU Board including schematic
  8 MK14 PROM Blower Manual.pdf Notes on the construction of the MK14 PROM Blower Board including schematic
  2 SOC Letter outlining future MK14 developments.pdf An interesting letter outlining planned future developments for the MK14

ELBUG:

Date No. Pages Title Description
January 1978 n/a ELBUG listing.txt Commented (by Holger Veit) listing of ELBUG from (German) Elektor January 1978
  n/a ELBUG hex.txt hex dump of ELBUG

NIBL and NIBL-E:

Date No. Pages Title Description
December 1976 n/a NIBL listing.txt Assembler listing of National Semiconductors NIBL released 17 December 1976 compiled by Roger Marin in 2008
August 1977 26 SCMP NIBL Reference Guide National Semiconductors.PDF National Semiconductors SC/MP NIBL Reference Guide
November 1980 187 NSC Tiny BASIC Users Manual Nov 1980.pdf National Semiconductors Tiny BASIC User's Manual
4 Summary of NIBL statements and commands.pdf A useful summary of NIBL statements
  1 NIBL-E Baud Rate Changes.pdf Code changes required for different baud rates

Complement and Add MK14 Users Newsletters:

Date No. Pages Title Description
February/March 1979 9 Complement and Add MK14 Users Newsletter No.1.pdf  
April/May 1979 11 Complement and Add MK14 Users Newsletter No.2.pdf  
June/July 1979 12 Complement and Add MK14 Users Newsletter No.3.pdf  
August/September 1979 13 Complement and Add MK14 Users Newsletter No.4.pdf  
October/November 1979 18 Complement and Add MK14 Users Newsletter No.5.pdf  
December 1979/January 1980 11 Complement and Add MK14 Users Newsletter No.6.pdf  
February/March 1980 21 Complement and Add MK14 Users Newsletter No.7.pdf  
  21 Complement and Add MK14 Users Newsletter No.8.pdf  

Other documents:

Date No. Pages Title Description
September 1979 2 SC/MP UVEPROM Burner Personal Computer World.pdf Part 1
March 1980 1 The Memory Lingers OnPersonal Computer World.pdf Part 2
1983 269 A multi-family multi-processor education and development system.pdf A PhD thesis (Whitworth, P. F.), proposes the development of a multi-family, multi processor development system - includes info on many of the processors of that time including the INS8060
March 1979 5 SKIP II A Very Inexpensive Microcomputer Kilobaud Microcomputing March 1979.pdf From Kilobaud Microcomputing
       
       

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