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---
title: Intel SDK-85
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1977'
cpus:
- 8085A
params:
name: SDK-85
image: /media/museum/photos/intel_sdk85_system_1.jpg
company: /companies/intel
company_name: Intel
specs:
- label: NAME
value: SDK-85
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Intel
- label: TYPE
value: Professional Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: U.S.A.
- label: YEAR
value: '1977'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: Monitor in ROM
- label: KEYBOARD
value: 24 key hexadecimal with monitor command keys
- label: CPU
value: 8085A
- label: SPEED
value: 3 MHz. 1.3 µs. instruction cycle
- label: CO-PROCESSOR
value: None
- label: RAM
value: 256 bytes expandable to 512 bytes
- label: VRAM
value: None
- label: ROM
value: 2 KB
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 30.5 (W) x 25.7 (D) x 1.3 (H) cm.
- label: I/O PORTS
value: Parallel (38 lines expandable to 76 lines) , Serial 110 baud
- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
value: None
- label: OS
value: Monitor in ROM
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: External 5V/12V power supply unit
- label: PERIPHERALS
value: expansion area on board
- label: PRICE
value: Unknown
tabs:
- photos
- adverts
- docs
forum_thread: 786
photos:
- title: MCS AND SDK MANUALS
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/intel_sdk85_manuals_1.jpg
- title: 'SDK MANUAL #2'
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/intel_sdk85_manuals_2.jpg
adverts:
- title: FIRST SDK-85 AD
subtitle: ''
text: Notice the Intel logo. Does Intel copies the Apple logo or vice versa?
image: /media/museum/pubs/intel_sdk85_pub_1.jpg
docs:
- title: SDK-85 SYSTEM DESIGN KIT - USER'S MANUAL
url: null
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/intel_sdk85_user-manual_doc.jpg
text: |-
**SDK-85 SYSTEM DESIGN KIT - USER'S MANUAL**\
written by Intel
 compiled/archived by Mustafa Abdullah Katie\
 type of document : PDF\
 size : 9.4 MB
**... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :**
oc_id: 805
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230223072021/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=805
date: '2023-02-23'
---
Each time Intel launched a new microprocessor, they provided simultaneously a **S**ystem **D**evelopment **K**it (SDK) allowing computer company ingineers as well as university students to introduce them to the new processor concepts and features.
The SDK-85 was a complete 8085A (5 for 'first 5 Volt microprocessor') microcomputer system on a single board including ROM and RAM memory, a 24 key hexadecimal keyboard, a 6 digit LED display, I/O connections and an expansion area allowing memory and I/O expansions as well as hardware experiments.
A 2 KB monitor software provided the same commands as the [SDK-86](/museum/intel-sdk-86/) board. User could enter and read program results through either the buit-in keyboard/display or using a serial Teletype through the built-in serial TTY interface. A 38 lines parallel interface was also available.
A large set of manuals were delivered with the board: MCS-85 (processor) and SDK-85 (board) user manuals, 8085 Assembly Language Programming Manual, full circuit schematics of the PCB, a full dump of the ROM monitor program, programming examples and application notes.