Dead AIM 65??

[Ethan Dicks]

On 4/15/05, Andy Dannelley <andyda at mac.com> wrote:
> First, Thanks for all the helpful suggestions!

You are welcome.
 
> Couple of things about general AIM-lore:
>
> The original AIM 65 (not the AIM 65/40) had a 20 char alpha LED
> display. The Aim 65/40 had a 40 character vacuum fluorescent display
> and 40 character printer, much more friendly for development than the
> 20 char display and printer.

I think I have heard of the AIM 65/40... if someone here knows such
things, was the motherboard re-engineered?  Is it possible to retrofit
the 40-col display to the original AIM?  Also, was the 40-col VFD run
by something like an HD44780 chipset, or was it some kind of raw
interface?  These days, 40x1 or 40x2 VFDs based on the HD44780 are not
difficult to locate and are not all that expensive.  They are also
trivial to send chars to.

-ethan