Intel Intellec MDS-800 Development System

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The Intellec Microcomputer Development Systems (MDS) were complete computers intended for the development of Intel microcomputer based products. They included a main unit with CPU, RAM, ROM, I/O and interrupt circuitry, as well as all necessary software: Assembler, linker, and debugger.

Optional EPROM programmer and In-Circuit Emulator (ICE) allowed real-time emulation and diagnostics into user configured system before saving final program into an EPROM.

The Intellec MDS was launched in around 1975. It featured an 8080 processor and could implement MCS-80 (8080) based computers and Intel Series 3000 systems. The main unit needed a Serial video terminal or an ASR-33 Teletype to be connected, as well as a paper tape puncher/ reader and/or floppy drive unit. Siemens sold in Germany a local version of the first Intellec called SME-800.

MANUFACTURER Intel
U.S.A. 1975
KEYBOARD 10 switches on front panel
CPU Intel 8080
SPEED 2 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Intel 8080 I/O dedicated
RAM Up to 64 KB
ROM 2 KB Boot ROM + 2 KB Monitor
TEXT MODES 80 columns x 25 rows (video terminal)
I/O PORTS Multibus expansion slot, Serial port, 24-bit Parallel port
BUILT-IN MEDIA 8'' floppy drive
OS ISIS operating system
PERIPHERALS EPROM programmer; In-Circuit Emulator, CTR terminal, Paper Tape Reader, TTY terminal and Paper Punch

Model No: MDS 800
Serial number: BN 5495
SD: 1/79

Our Intellec MDS-800 together with the twin 8" S.D and D.D drives, an Intel MDS 721, manuals, software and documents were all very kindly donated by Dennis Philips.

Manufacturer: Intel
Date: January 1979

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Intel Intellec MDS-800 Development System Manuals:

Item	Manufacturer	Date
Apple II: Communications Interface Card Installation and Operating Manual	Apple	Unknown
AT&T Technical Journal Volume 67 Number 1 - January/February 1988		Unknown
Modular One User Manual	CTL	1969
Intel 8080 Assembly Language Programming Manual	Intel	1974
Cybernet Services	Control Data Corporation	16 Feb 1976
Cybernet Services Microprocessor Support Software	Control Data Corporation	16 Feb 1976
Cybernet Services Microprocessor Support Software	Control Data Corporation	16 Feb 1976
CP/M 2 Assembler (ASM) - User's Guide	Digital Research	1978
ZEN Z80 Editor Assembler	Avalon Software	1979
HP Terminal Basic Manual	Hewlett Packard	Apr 1979
Micro Focus - RCC 80 Coral 66 Operating Guide (ISIS)	Micro Focus Ltd	May 1982
Micro Focus - RCC 86 Coral 66 Operating Guide (ISIS)	Micro Focus Ltd	May 1982
IBM 3270 Information Display System: Color and Programmed Symbols	IBM	Aug 1982
Pascal/MT+	Digital Research	Feb 1983
Intel Oscillators for Microcontrollers	Intel	Jun 1983
Ricoh RP1600 / RP1300 Flowriter User Guide	Ricoh	Aug 1984

Intel Intellec MDS-800 Development System Articles:

Item	Manufacturer	Date
Memories - A Personal History of a Cambridge Concern		Unknown
John Edwards: Reminiscence		Unknown
Ray Smith: Reminiscences of a LEO III Operator and Intercode Programmer		Unknown
Memories - Computers in the Dark Ages (Apricot Computers)		Unknown
The History of the Computer Mouse		Unknown
A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect		9 Dec 1968
Memories - Early Computing with the Science of Cambridge MK14 and the SIB (Small Is Beautiful) Computer		Mar 2013
It's Early Days for the use of AI in Medicine		14 Aug 2018
Unearthing LEO and the Managers		2019
John Daines: Reminiscence		2020

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Call-A.P.P.L.E. - April 1986		Apr 1986
Personal Computer World Special: Business Computing The 1986 Survival Guide		Apr 1986
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - June 1986		Jun 1986
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Dragon User - January 1987		1987
Personal Computer World - February 1987		1 Feb 1987
Personal Computer World - May 1987		1 May 1987
Personal Computer World - July 1987		1 Jul 1987
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - September 1987		Sep 1987
Personal Computer World - July 1988		1 Jul 1988
Byte August 1988		Aug 1988
Personal Computer World - August 1988		1 Aug 1988
The Micro User - September 1988 - Vol 6 No 7	Database Publications Ltd	Sep 1988
Supercomputing Review - April 1989		Apr 1989
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Dragon Update - June 1989		Jun 1989
Byte January 1990		Jan 1990
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Overload - Issue 30 - February 1999	C++ SIG	Feb 1999
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