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Cromemco System One

See below for specifications and information on this system.

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Specifications and information

Key Dates: Introduced 1982
Original Price: $5495 with 256K RAM, 780K floppy drive, no hard drive
CPU: Cromemco DPU: Motorola 68000 S-100 card
Memory: Up to 2MB on S-100 cards, 256K standard
Operating System: CROMIX (UNIX variant)
Input/Output: Cromemco I/O processor card, 5 1/4" 780K floppy disk drive, 5 MB hard disk
Bus: S-100 (a.k.a. Altair bus)
Other Items in Collection: NA
Items Needed: Documentation

The Cromemco System One is quite a bit smaller than the huge System Three, but it's built just as hefty, and includes a hard drive.  The S-100 bus cards are mounted horizontally in a steel box inside the rear of the system; this is one computer that won't give you RF interference, no way, no how.


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