Cromemco 68k System 100 on eBay

----------------Original Message---------------- From: "Steve Jones" <classiccmp(a)crash.com> Subject: Cromemco 68k System 100 on eBay Looks like most of a 68k-based Cromemco on eBay. ... I hadn't realized anyone had put a 68020 on the S-100 bus... ---------------------------- Sho 'nuff, but don't feel bad; lots of people only think of 64K Z80 CP/M systems like the classic Z-2 when they think of Cromemco, not the professional UNIX-V systems that gave DEC et al a run for their money in the later days, especially after Cromemco merged with Dynatech in December 1986. To quote from one of their ads listing their technical contributions, they: -Named the S-100 bus -Developed the first micro that used the Z-80 -Developed the first multi-user micro -Developed the first UNIX-like OS for a micro -Developed the first micro using a Winchester HD -Developed the first micro with 16MB RAM and 50MB HD for less than $50,000 -Developed the first colour graphics micro -Developed the first micro addressing >64 KB RAM -Developed the first UNIX V micro -Developed the first micro capable of IBM RJE -Developed the first intelligent I/O interfaces with separate microprocessors on the I/O boards -First adapted mainframe I/O channel processor concept to a micro -Developed the first micro that could auto-boot from ROM -Developed first micro with auto-baud console -Developed first micro capable of self-programming an EPROM -Developed first micro with error correcting RAM -Developed first computer capable of sync'ing to a TV signal and overlaying computer & TV images Considering all that, I'm surprised how rarely I read about them here. Sorry to say we scrapped a number of CS-100/300/400's a few years ago before I discovered this site (and considering the time I've wasted scrolling through the garbage lately in digest mode there are times I've regretted that I did find it). Mind you, when I offered some of the older CS-1/CS-3 and Z-2's here a while ago, no one wanted to pay the shipping from Toronto, so it probably wouldn't have made any difference; fortunately Dan Cohoe, another crazy Canuck, is going to take them off my hands. However, I might still be able to lay my hands on some documentation and software for the 100/300/400 models, so if someone here grabs the one on eBay, I *might* be able to help (no promises, though). mike in Toronto