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Build an octal/hexadecimal output display. Use it to display data on a computer bus or the status of a byte during program execution.
BYTE Dec 1978 (v.3#12) pg. 32

The dirt-cheap bootstrap. More notes on bringing up a microcomputer. An inexpensive way to add front-panel functions to a minimal 8080A microcomputer system.
BYTE Mar 1980 (v.5#3) pg. 142

Power-on and manual-reset circuits. How they operate and how to build them into digital and computer projects.
COMPUTERCRAFT Nov 1992 (v.2#11) pg. 58

How to add a reset button to any PC.
COMPUTERCRAFT Nov 1993 (v.3#11) pg. 58

Your Imsai and you. Four steps to a happier relationship. Tips on fixes you can make to the Imsai 8080 front panel which will eliminate irritating problems, like unanticipated halts, single stepping, unlighted LED's and disassembly of the front panel.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #13 Jan 1978 pg. 86

Home-brew Z-80 system. Part 1. A manual front panel.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #18 Jun 1978 pg. 26

S-100 System 4 start-up front-panel replacement board features two parallel inports, two parallel outports, PROM auto load and 12 command 8080 monitor. Use it to replace the Altair front-panel with all of its switches. Est. cost: $80 (kit).
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #19 Jul 1978 pg. 74

Front panel for a KIM-1 uses LED's to show the data in the accumulator, X&Y registers, status register, stack pointer, and program counter. Est cost: $25.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #25 Jan 1979 pg. 28

Computer troubleshooting tips and techniques. Need for a front panel and good documentation is cited.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #31 Jul 1979 pg. 84

Catching bugs with lights. A simple circuit uses LEDs to display each bit stored in a particular register. Very useful when debugging software on small systems, such as the KIM-1. The circuit can be used as an output port as well as a debugging tool.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #33 Sep 1979 pg. 96

A front panel computer for the S-100 bus. Development of the Ithaca Intersystems DPS-1 computer and its usefulness for on-sight maintenance and software debugging.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #36 Dec 1979 pg. 26

Finding the crash sight: A simple tracer for the 8080. A hardware circuit allows the M1 status signal to control the 8080 interrupt line causing a jump to a TRACE program.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #36 Dec 1979 pg. 44

Build a SISTER for your 6800. This special circuit board is a single-instruction stepper circuit which will halt the CPU and display certain registers whenever a specific address in memory has been reached. Use it to debug problem software.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #36 Dec 1979 pg. 100

Variable speed, automatic single-stepper circuit for the KIM-1 computer. Speed is adjustable via a potentiometer from 45 ms to 3 seconds.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #40 Apr 1980 pg. 146

How to generate an MWRITE signal in computers lacking a front panel.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #41 May 1980 pg. 206

A hexadecimal front panel for a Z-80 system employs a hex-encoded keypad and a 7-segment LED display array for keyboard, data, and address. Features switches for examine, deposit, reset, etc.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #43 Jul 1980 pg. 148
Added Info KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #52 Apr 1981 (v.5#4) pg. 211

How to add a reset button to any PET computer.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #45 Sep 1980 pg. 36

A mini logic monitor and single-cycler for debugging microcomputer hardware. LEDs show data bus and address bus activity.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #47 Nov 1980 pg. 59

Two jump-on-reset circuits for 8080 system flexibility. A hardware/software combination to get around the problem of having the system monitor reside in low memory (page zero).
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #47 Nov 1980 pg. 136

Build a computer system control and display board. Lets you stop the CPU, observe contents of data and address busses, and single-step the CPU.
KILOBAUD MICROCOMPUTING #50 Feb 1981 (v.5#2) pg. 117

Hardware single-step circuit for the Heath H8 computer. Ideal for use with the Z-80 upgrade featured in the October 1980 issue.
MICROCOMPUTING Oct 1982 (v.6#10) pg. 74

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