On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Jack Peacock wrote:
> From: Max Eskin [mailto:maxeskin_at_hotmail.com]
>
> << I'm curious about the various home/small business computer standards.
> I know about the PC standard *sigh*. There was also the MSX standard
> which involved a Z80 and 64K ram, I think. What other ones were there?
> >>
>
> Quite a few. from memory....the S-100, probably the earliest micro bus
> to become popular. A standard business configuration for 8-bit would be
> a Z-80, 64K RAM, 5.25" floppies, serial ports to a CRT terminal and
> printer, and CP/M-80, running applications written in CBASIC. For
> 16-bit systems it would be an 80286, 1MB RAM, hard drive in the 40MB
> range, 4 to 16 serial ports to CRT terminals and printers, maybe even a
> modem, running MP/M or Concurrent DOS, again with applications written
> in BASIC. A lot of single board Z80, 8086, and 80286 systems (like
> Altos) built this same basic configuration, but without an expansion
> bus.
<...>
Of all the busses Jack named, he forgot the Intel Multi-bus standard.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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