Rockwell RM 65

The Rockwell RM 65 Modules are a family of Eurocard sized boards that enabled building of a complete 6502 rack based computer system - the System 65.

 The comprehensive range of boards included memory, CRT and Floppy Disk Controllers, PROM Programmer and many other interface boards.

The AIM 65 could be used as a development platform to produce applications for the System 65, alternatively the AIM 65 could itself be expanded by connecting to an RM 65 rack.

The System 65 seems to have been available from around 1980 but was dropped after 1984.  Initially at least Modules where available in one of two formats either with DIN41612 plug and socket connections to the backplane or Edge Connectors.  The Edge Connector versions appear to have been dropped by 1984 making these rarer, and in fact many of the later boards were only ever available in the Eurocard format.  The same part numbers were used for both variants, an 'E' being added to the Eurocard variant.

The RM 65 / System 65 Backplane

• RM 65 / System 65 Backplane

Software 

• RM65-0110 Input Output (IO) ROM

• RM65-0122 Run Time BASIC

• RM65-0152 Run Time FORTH

Modules

• RM65-1000 Single Board Computer Module

• RM65-2901 PROM Programmer Module

• RM65-3108 8K Static RAM Module

• RM65-3132 32K Dynamic RAM Module

• RM65-3216 16K PROM ROM Module

• RM65-3264 Universal Memory Module

• RM65-5101 Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) Module

• RM65-5102 CRT Controller (CRTC) Module

• RM65-5104 Direct Memory Access Controller (DMAC) Module

• RM65-5222 General Purpose Input Output and Timer Module

• RM65-5223 Multi-function Peripheral Interface Module

• RM65-5302 Analog Input/Output & RM65-5303 Analog Input Modules

• RM65-5451 Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter (ACIA) Module

• RM65-7004 4-Slot Piggyback Module Stack

• RM65-7008 8-Slot Card Cage

• RM65-7016 16-Slot Card Cage

• RM65-7101 Single Card Adapter

• RM65-7102 IEEE-488 Bus Interface Module

• RM65-7104 Adapter Buffer

• RM65-7116 Cable Driver Adapter Buffer

• RM65-7141 Adapter Cable and Buffer Module for AIM 65-40

• RM65-7201 Design Prototyping Module

• RM65-7211 Extender Module
  

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