TALKING ELECTRONICS COMPUTER by John Hardy PC layout: Ken Stone. Sas 5 fy congTEC-1 IS ASINGLEBOARD COMPUTER AN OVERVIEW: 5,- Me, RAM (Random Accuse Rill thant Ernie teavarie irene ees ‘The ey. pod it constucted tomy bee carter ere ‘ind tor aocromenting the aaose ‘nthe ovriay of te board ann Shore “tel hay’ pose" The. 204 cermet pot hes baa, shen Sonnactaa ve thee, Ipfow inn Cp ‘inter oath pos Ca be ed “The ret button spon & Sree an ysl ng BREESE meaceumecteeemeiten EASSIRE NR Cee cm arches aEsch ofthe clipe on the dager 7at5) Sete the Goo eo pt pls ach ¢118 wil eccapt 2048 bys of MARKING THE KEY-TOPS UEttRASER “Tape Niwors “ard EERE eee ee remit tom "one oom to ors, We hve ony 3/4 led the Spwecaoure ‘he Zoo" manor “THE FUNCTION OF EACH CHIP Fe RE BROS Oe () few aut ore FO reamertenowes com mae tet fea Excoben ‘THE EXPANSION PORT ean dre oy TEC-1/eacompletemirocomputeron single 4. team be used to inrate th on A beans oar memory of te corputr toe ‘The funtion ofeach chip will become clearer Bhar reading the tone ‘The most important concept ist understand ‘how each chip is controled bythe 260. Rit 280 etcarapostionodonthe board along ‘wih tho other chps end doves. ‘TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 10 59EPROW, scan” conte, 2 Bees cohen espana {Rove to spend time and money ine hope of teving mony a rare ‘nae ou aware a ieee etree Sina nse sues edly at ‘Yow cay gat the same socaire id aeat i aus inten ot RaeiTentbs and how you and Eee ee [ioe ret acetals st Desa gue. © Mop ara the £6 board sna the pr SSeS Pe Board 81900 otto ied Pees Sea mantener All Parts & PC Board 887,30 ensue Soumhttae Sa termes $95.20 Complete TEC-1 wien rug ack $101.80 0 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 10TEC-1 BLOCK DIAGRAM ‘number rom tere t0 25810 Each lock athe ogrom represents Epa en pe onesng MT isanervton tet he ‘DEC Thi an inten to dace Int aan ofS ePU agar oy BX Thien an IW ut to CPU ragitr om an Sout bor MG,“ ncrmants the va of & (SPU reir oy ane AP Tis ump instruction, LW his ie # toad ineteton, NEG tne ington nagar the Saco sumo te saaacig OP This e the NO OPERATION (UT An gutput istration frm Spread GP roger POP is iso natant POP Lewes AST Avr nin seerove tie major sau of ont fe coher ae Secphng avery sick conte! ese, two cipe are the, mast it amos witout any oer ie operations Sow eed mare Setoritete east peice Tic favs wo apr output and dale US ht wants fo ‘aay Fos ier {he strabing ofthe sepa ater a ing Consary ineaty netaatchp Seiden eta wr om be ier number tom the 9323, mes KEY_ Binary No. SPSSERWaRe eoorammed so ot ma i ptf Spay, requests le TaLSTS8 to ‘ha informeton tary the F923 SASS anes ‘This happens set hat you cannot i apoyteker The ang Bonkers longer ie beep te ibtger thw olay ee Slanted eae eirtgeet Pecteaasemensaoia elects between the ROM an the Th A048 gy an esa of Sopa mr arerneees Rane oe et Shneticaees besoin SUMMARY OF EACH CHI 212, lenny wer One_ chip andthe thet ves tha age es gag fe ‘erenectingprognmos ond onaatg maka opening tpsd oa eystont1 (Dract Memory Access. ‘Cony oar et por DART (Ou Aaron 200 PI OUTS. ee a ‘TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 10 6364 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 10“CONSTRUCTING THE TEC-1 overprojectsn Taking lectoniet iti tote longer ‘erat of trouble to creates printed ret bard ha oak rely nest leas Ze Saree semester tony fag een Bt pd a at Bead an Eotet Seer eeee RU Satcher ‘he lands ff te board end eats enthelrom ser making ech inna of copper wie ebaut Sc (Gea ce ‘be sarcene for Sieg Mia toreeeas rs end ta ay eh antes Barariecas Sten {rsshould be ooes enought touch Bioline {esistor before sorting Fedtoremowertyumeke amatte Seat Tansee Pectin rte nrg PARTS LIST 1228 s004 22bomta 250 a0 epuatr Fe ec mont See cesHOW THE CIRCUIT WORKS Serres, oe te an 2h & TE. ei ook yn sla : ames isha many tie tgring i Dampers ‘6 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 10i ANE, wien howabecnaopoeted’ Seow econ ang the it fhesatup rosin Sn rvstnengn Rsecondkoy spay si roses 92 rumor ETN CE Pee me canara Iam ce toteptsten Reg ot rae ERA te RS | kiethan ce Sele Sees Tera gtan change ate ‘Seat is {Whe computers inthe data mode, nother key Wis ‘Sonsumes ony about S0OmA intended“ "wa Ineramant th nine ‘Te spead ofthe TEC:1 i contrlieg i igehatecra a ‘Sines one 18: devices Thane ESP gi aes ‘TALKING ELECTRONICS No.capacitors, 7 transistors, - 10064 owtch on SSeS ‘An enlargement of the Key-board section showing the soldering. SIRE ie cation ‘construction fu ‘Sima v8 ‘og pock apa ‘slnwing Baba tsar Ee te Reding vatope sn rb or theme toy te peven the roguor ‘pting to hotIF THE TEC-1 DOESN’T WORK: enh ct USE THE LOGIC PROBE AS DESCRIBED IN THE FIRST PROJECT, TO ‘TEST THE TEC, eetancg cceraeng 70 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 10EXPERIMENTS cone arene FOR THE TEC-1 The computer should now be tay Seine Ravwtocd ilaarn ew tobperane Frode nSngl Sunn e our ro Aa das eaone mT Add 8 addon locations 12 vl Ad & adres caine to ) Oecremant hw addres 7 loca Wom 3008 ‘oper Bator chocing witha TEC ‘e200. 0207 nent 678 Experiment 5: isp decrement cenreeo a niae GETS: aarermmamccmnsen * Alm:To study hex notation and attgnewe oe mnnan MN ee ne 2 st ee ‘Equipment: TEC-1. ners ‘Theory: Eson bye of ats for Procedure un he TEC} on and fogs r ba dan shade Ieeeae the sears ining” The mpute aroma Seber teen aoe ten pe ade estan “on Tae Ean aoe s Ergednrn uae esses SESS Sree wos x x ome Seeman aoore HH GEE Belt SEE grdtiamannswe gan geteaher than way yu ammwae pra REET SRA eee SeeeE it mums ne ti Rnachnr eeataes Sah Sng tao ‘TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 10 71Experiment 4: (Creating a Tone or Not AIM To create stone “Theory cis possi to prods ‘fui ots route inthe EPROM Procedure: Tecra single ote anieg isthe product of a te A1m To creat single note with © eae gresing She OATA sey saaatentosazetey AIM To produce «roost uncon Togo sept netion ith « ESSE RSEIE Tenens Experiment 5: pEaremata 27% + 08 +.08 +06 +08 +08 + 0F BES eae Adidress 1, 8, 0. 60. GO. “ ‘SOUNDS AND TUNES Sig Thins cote by te soguance” Sependant upon tha speed ot the See The mandy the Eazmay= iment sting 2 Running Letter AIM: To prosice 2 running A Procedures Pst the fooning ‘72 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 10 {ote ek by the tne SEI Raa To produce a running sentence: Experiment 7: ‘Coerbining Words ‘wiek Airwe AIME Te camtin tune nding RESON EaL natal Pred oie ana LerreR ale ‘Ear erent stan and ‘The program stares 0800 an inthe fens a0, pe table omch nts 6900) tetertabia sds wl be Tope ‘or and evr agen oa the progart crane jumparresetistucon Srmmeaste bye wnich so) ‘lets up sddrse 802 an 808, [At adess 808 the instycven 32 Towel bye to aysssddreas given by the folowing. tee See ere i A adorns 814. na naruction ito Tojuntheprogrem: Press: Rest + S0'270."tie poutine contains an Sg EGh sod see wre okey Mere nn ne ‘hae owe ne Sica bon as tn Poo e sat oF ee ately once 258 te program io deploy ONE eae Be et column i the arse {he memory leaton In AN [as canta column the assembiy iipaoge tn muomenics Inaxgcc-ospvozerne-zonmone> ‘TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 10 75AOD. 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WINNERS CALL RESET + 02-4 08+06 +08 +00 $044 Go's oa f08'¢00 4.06 $bas oo 4124 124088 06% 00+ 004004004004 0446. “YOUR'RE DEAD” FUNERAL DIRGE wraperemsms its Sco + 80401 +36 +04 +32 TOE ifa aes ae ADDRESS 0900+ 02 + 00+.03+ 0%. 03 +03 00408 4.00405, 050003 % 00% 02+ 03+ oot Te ir tos +0044 4 0S-+01 0814 a0 Ja 004 00% 0000 ‘00's TF seSET ¥ + GO GO. 42 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 11 Serhan of RA chy Sindh oa ee Feta se a OFFS tw TKEBRGhS a Bro etn i EGU see Soumoge patente 1 program contains to, many ia wit make the computer CRASH The simple program below puthor ister pa thy must bee pt) Ping ote andcompte is Ty the program and watch the gaan Bosee nEstr, co. SEruabeaircesSLITS ee pp me eRe STE osmmteinmommcineminy PROGRAMMING STAR ~ | “ans STARTS “Tike invodcion of te E61 is Rese See ee pa ate ‘Agatti he TEC eight By paw you wil have compte the ‘eet dn ky &pendrs wo fad Jo0"'s 16 ADarass 2.7.8, G0. G0. 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OR ‘ADDITION and Bee eeis THE ALL PURFOSE NIFTY Tech TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 11 15Experiment 7 comb Sosa, eta ew plan at awed wragrom at he dor ‘ame way a ented out bythe 260" By ssng to ret but, logk of locaton 803 In" the S118 {anh wath nin 3 ‘Sf remaving the inital rubbioh ins ‘ater or Becumatr ‘Meena accurate * Eoijmetietcre whchichow: feattenttan Bebe ken ey bu a tesa feed's fr ed Bindi stcenawhda econ Biase suits 608 wt SAO Se the computer hes #6 he J Peton neta 2 ot a aanisies eat Sea lay he rate on rtp 16 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 11 mslgeatan 817) an {BicInsmotethe 280 tofu one oe geatesteecesecenssesssasauzuezsnaessroncagecsssgg: wat you. ave LEARNT FROM Sxbchamenrs 1: 4m fet eat ans tamethe disp? rr RE Barco Rcoraees O35 7 S324 1 409 fe siepoy as ae mn eS aE gee We can road the valve of ech ‘Sepning"iowsh tere Sy Ficeaane Bot en'soes Change 804 to 08 frou Réser co ‘aap “oy the vl 02, 10,08, 6 20. 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Tous oe EF yy 3 BF wt access Note: 20s the Hex number and is ‘htcned by angering 2Dine SO [Sanigneec egos Lee espinned'n's moment ‘More thn ane play an be tured o's me” ne by aang XE MATRIX OISALAT BoneD, ‘TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 11 19u “AL oueam rede the mont Sepment fo pas SUMMARY cara me™ asses | Smbinan of dipte wiih wade Expt DEH 9 ILLUMINATING Alam To tlarsnate one segment on theaeay ‘Theory: To master the dpley you meas bey TRTEC apy ha 6 gt and spies Ghoti td Key the following ‘The display wit show one core Fegan ith 5h ploy tes getty typ e+ ew. Brass RESET. Pras + + 10806. oO ach sopton i wmooated v8 oe Be Br SER! + 26 + 08 =] Seer {now showing 08] to 01 20 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 11 S0tor, $0 goo ‘rodied' fetongle made up ofKoy this sequence 03's or 4'se Reser aa”? 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UNIT ‘TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 12 17& Bg be Sr Ben aa" a3. 1. Lond the accumulator win the Theapend ct 2 Oatpue the ‘conanta of We 2 ‘Feta epiater 8 in 0000 QO OQ0000 tim 0 6 sow vag tw OOOQOO a monet 18 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 12 GoRcors genes SeEeS Bogs s82ee2 soos 5 BREREEZRESSEREIETE EE 2 a 8 a 885 8 a soreee se He Hn Bee sate 3 Boastepee: Th teat ede Sing La neuen PROBLEMS: Be seeing sore Tor te ‘Showin pesos Genontagmont intrest ploy EEEEE ESESEEEREEH ERE FESCESEEEEEE: Ree eaE ERAS eS: egeenecece! a8 # FA ANTE fen ne rogram by sa cheered at osee: 3E47 esa: 38 C7 om: 308 oy oo a ma ma aE see a aro 3B ares aE rove th vue 20 ot OAS Ano AN Prom eveneR. ‘TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 1219IRS RS ERIS anc es TRUER. ‘he Ginetrustons we wiloastigte FB Address CEE aK BRE ities EE HRN ae sik EME Maines ST CALL, NZ, Adare Sake indo ats eres 2 anna rent Ngnea aut alee aipineciea ee nimple arms. eve JP he min deerance beeen these ASB instruction cnsesse program ‘A. 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CATHODE PORT ean I, rer ee ranging ie ond tte rt sntraiy ot 3K nwtuevons. ar ‘THE STRIPPER $90 090g E00 enon sey sx eree cD Reo cs eseeeteRERss see rREEe 8 22 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 12‘To set cu0er: fxample: 7345:32 vest years yemce7 Far eponmen oe Bea Bo How = BBs Ee H Bs Hie voor: unt : Hex e a & Aa i Bi oon # f tee i ge oor: Rie wor # ee ie gg Be go Wale # soo Sab i Hee EEhbe es a. a agate ahh oO Siar bce a ‘TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 12. 23ALIENS * SPIROID ALIENS * SPIROID ALIENS * SPIROID ALIENS * SPIROID ALIENS + SPIROID ALIENS * SPIROID ALIENS % SPIROID ALIENS * SPIROID a ‘SPIROID ALIENS: alison, 3095, 24 TALKING ELECTRONICS No. 12 z # & as pRcnegssgsegeenseesesesens5e: sCEDEESESeSEEe go SEE! a ie ALIENS * SPIROID ALIENS + SNAMV CIOUIdS ¥ SNINY GIOWIdS ¥* SNINIV GIOwldS * SNIITY GiOUlds ¥ SNANIVSPIROID ALIENS * SPIROIDALIENS * SPIROID ALIENS * SPIROID PUSH & POP PUSH and BOP we very Fund PER hey eee peratons PUSH ond POF ee cer Pg SOESSEERS is Serene SEEeE ia Ls "ieee hon a ‘ince om he stacks the ple grows iB # i Fi Be 8 Be a ik i me Ei ie SR 328 z scale must ety POP ‘incple‘ot CASE’, Finsr GFE Et aeeseesesegrogumse ms: MEAT Aine | Reaesety anne BNgwn Ss bveree | Fa oe tear oe Soetlahadriana ts [IGE ances ALIENS *% SPIROID ALIENS * SPIROID ALIENS * SPIROID ALIENS *% SPIROID ALIENS * SNANW GIOWIdS * SNAITY ClOUIdS ¥ SNIITY GlOuldS * SNANV Gloulds * SNANWTALHING ELECTRONICS 35 Rosewarne Ave COMPLETE LIST OF TE KITS: Nex 4 pabeations tT ith Sse con Nor i FREQUENEY GGT Projet Soak No 2: MGIC BESTE Project seat wo 3 DiciraL suectnontes | ering morgane 20 LECTROMIES 20 333 . 400 4 Cos" aara ROOK ran So So 1 MAGAZINE HWOERS $500 us ua eee eta | Pottoeep nd 26 tn 2 i eae $B | irmanetenee ae | | we \ $B | jommem tomes BE | 8 {eth tan 328 | [Sen ca dee | 33 {| Gomenatn ck: 340 | Jexoerimetertosrdi8. 1220 { 240 i boca 22 | ronmesenpetia, 8 | Bi | [ecm te GR | lemomawogetit i | Fa | eves | ig | 48 1 Veas nas rl BI 8 | ag a | 33 | 8 | operneatesiar 38 | a Bd | ower 338 | #8 | | aes ie {| Benigoar Sone #3. too | Bo | eC Read 288 | PRRReeaa 38 | #8 | perigee 8 { [PSpe aed seca 398 | eo | 30 ii \ a | 3 iy i #3 | a | i | 38 | \ | 3 | | \ | i i i i i | i | | | { \ Cheltenham 3192 584 2386 Seeeeceeeeees: (Tecate a5 posters germ re eee eee mn nn $808 Soha°stompe (386 Sve V8 or ene ‘TALKING ELECTRONICS N« noe