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228 files were never archived; see docs/not-recovered.md in the extraction repo. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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title: RCA SuperElf
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categories:
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- Computers
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params:
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name: SuperElf
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image: /media/museum/photos/rca_cosmac_superelf_system_2.jpg
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company: /companies/rca
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company_name: RCA
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tabs:
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- photos
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- emulators
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- links
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- docs
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photos:
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- title: ELECTRONIC BOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/rca_cosmac_superelf_system_1.jpg
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- title: STANDARD QUEST WOODEN BOX
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to [www.elf-emulation.com](http://www.elf-emulation.com) for this picture
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image: /media/museum/photos/quest_super-elf_case_1.jpg
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- title: METAL BOX
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**Mike Riley** from [www.elf-emulation.com](http://www.elf-emulation.com) relates :
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''I was told that this case is one of a kind, Quest only sold the expanded metal cases and never went beyond the prototype with this basic metal case''
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Thanks to [www.elf-emulation.com](http://www.elf-emulation.com) for this picture
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image: /media/museum/photos/quest_super-elf_case_2.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: TinyELF for MacOS
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url: http://www.tinyelf.com/
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platform: Apple
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text: Emulation of 1802-based computer now on Mac OS X
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- title: RCS Elf Emulator
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url: http://www.elf-emulation.com/emulator.html
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platform: Unix / Linux
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text: Elf, Elf II, Super ELF and Studio II emulator (Windows compilation also available)
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- title: TinyELF for PalmOS
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url: http://www.cosmacelf.com/tinyelf.htm
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platform: Other platform
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text: Emulates an Elf computer on PalmOS systems. The Elf is quite similar to the Cosmac VIP.
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links:
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- title: The RCA COSMAC Yahoo! Group
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url: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rcacosmac/
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text: Yahoo! community devoted to preserving information on the VIP
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- title: www.cosmacelf.com
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url: http://www.cosmacelf.com/
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text: excellent site about 1802 based systems
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- title: www.elf-emulation.com
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url: http://www.elf-emulation.com
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text: Informative website dedicated to the Elf systems emulation
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docs:
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- title: RCA COSMAC VIP - INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR VP-111
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url: null
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/rca_cosmac-vip_user-manual.jpg
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text: |-
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**RCA COSMAC VIP - INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR VP-111**\
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written by RCA
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compiled/archived by Rob Donald\
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type of document : PDF\
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size : 4,9 MB\
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source : www.old-computers.com
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comments:
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- author: GTBZdell (Canada)
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date: Saturday 13rd July 2019
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text: I learned hexadecimal ml programming on this. Part of high school computer course.
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related:
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- /museum/rca-cosmac-vip
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oc_id: 908
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230531232309/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=908
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date: '2023-05-31'
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---
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The SuperElf single-board computer was made by **Quest Electronics**. It was an improvement of the Netronics **Elf** and **Elf II** training boards, also based on the RCA 1802, one of the first RISC microprocessors.
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The board also featured an 1861 video chip that was closely tied ot the 1802 to generate a video image of 128x64 dots.
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Two, four or six 7-segment Led display could be used.\
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Its hexadecimal keyboard allowed programs to be entered and controlled more efficiently thanks to 8 function keys:
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**I** - Input\
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**L** - Load mode\
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**R** - Reset\
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**G** - Go (run mode)\
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**W** - Wait (processor clock could be stopped)\
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**M** - enable Monitor ROM\
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**S** - Single step\
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**P** - Protect memory
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The main board had connections for a speaker (and a circuit to drive the speaker). Sound was entirely software driven as the hardware simply had a single digital output bit (Q) tied to an LED and also to the speaker.
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An optional expansion board could be added, providing serial port (software driven), cassette interface (also software driven), 1 KB ROM monitor, optional 2K tiny basic, 4 KB RAM. 2 S-100 slots where additional static memory or a video board could be used. Along with a Super Monitor, there where two versions of pitman's tiny basic, one that used the 1861 video chip and another that used a 64 characters x16lines s-100 video board.
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The cassette's output used the same 'Q' output used for audio on the main board, which meant that you heard all of your data as it was written out to cassette.
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The 9 LEDs along the left side of the keypad indicate the state of the 'Q' output, the current operating mode (Load, Reset, Run, Wait) as well as the current state of the CPU (Fetch, Execute, DMA, Interrupt).
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this console ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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