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Unknown "WIMP" MIDI Decoder Circuit Boards
By Bill Klinger

I am trying to find information on some MIDI decoder and driver circuit
boards made in the 1990s. The only identifying mark says "WIMP." The
main board has a very early AMD D8031 microcontroller chip.

The driver boards connect with ribbon cables and have WIMP_DRV on them.
The instrument was being played with a floppy disk player.

Bill Klinger

 [ processor circuit board
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/21/04/07/210407_172043_IMG_0429.JPG
Attachment thumbnail [ driver board [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/21/04/08/210408_211148_Img_0438a.jpg
Attachment thumbnail [ The D8031 was a ROM-less version of the popular Intel 8051 [ microprocessor . -- Robbie

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Key Words in Subject:  Boards, Circuit, Decoder, MIDI, Unknown, WIMP