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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 23:27:32 -0700
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From: Community Memory To: "Multiple recipients of list cpsr-history@cpsr.org" Subject: CM> S-100 microcomputers
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Sender: Carl Dick Subject: S-100 microcomputers
Does your project have interest in the S-100 series of microcomputers
(derivatives of the Altair)?
I was present in the early days of JADE COMPUTER, Lawndale, CA. They
offered a unique combination:
1) Integrated circuits from the "gray market" which put the one chip retail
price lower than quantity prices from major distribution, such as
Hamilton-Avnet.
2) Close proximity to the TRW computer club. Every working board required
access to a soldering iron and an oscilloscope. TRW enthusiasts were
beta-testers, debuggers, and part-time employees.
3) An excellent selection of S-100 kits. Tarbell revolutionized storage
with a 300 baud audio cassette interface. SD Systems made the jump to
dynamic, low-power RAM. Does anyone remember motherboards with a pink solder
mask?
JADE was venturesome to an extreme. One project was "The Piggy", a
pre-assembled system in a two-color custom box. The customer was expected to
select a paint scheme based on college colors, such as red and white or blue
and yellow.
I remember trying to make a functional word processor for $3,000. It
would use "The Electric Pencil" or "Wordstar" software, serial terminal with
80 column display, 2 5-1/4" floppy drives (128K per disk), and a rebuilt IBM
Selectric printer.
-- Carl Dick trimagna@primenet.com
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Sender: Carl Dick Subject: S-100 microcomputers
Does your project have interest in the S-100 series of microcomputers
(derivatives of the Altair)?
I was present in the early days of JADE COMPUTER, Lawndale, CA. They
offered a unique combination:
1) Integrated circuits from the "gray market" which put the one chip retail
price lower than quantity prices from major distribution, such as
Hamilton-Avnet.
2) Close proximity to the TRW computer club. Every working board required
access to a soldering iron and an oscilloscope. TRW enthusiasts were
beta-testers, debuggers, and part-time employees.
3) An excellent selection of S-100 kits. Tarbell revolutionized storage
with a 300 baud audio cassette interface. SD Systems made the jump to
dynamic, low-power RAM. Does anyone remember motherboards with a pink solder
mask?
JADE was venturesome to an extreme. One project was "The Piggy", a
pre-assembled system in a two-color custom box. The customer was expected to
select a paint scheme based on college colors, such as red and white or blue
and yellow.
I remember trying to make a functional word processor for $3,000. It
would use "The Electric Pencil" or "Wordstar" software, serial terminal with
80 column display, 2 5-1/4" floppy drives (128K per disk), and a rebuilt IBM
Selectric printer.
-- Carl Dick trimagna@primenet.com
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