<> parallel port. In the 78-81 time frame, most video cards were 64char
<
<Probably 64*16 (exactly 1K characters). Easy to design and not wasteful
<of RAM.
Exactly aslo 64x16 was considered reasonable for TV via video modulator.
<I've got some CCS bits here - Z80 CPU card, disk controller, CP/M master
<disk and one of the boxes. It's about the smallest full S100 box I've
<ever seen.
Yep! I ahve two complete systems one has a Discus(morrow/thinkertoys)
8" 10mb(memorex 101) hard disk. Both are operational, have full docs for
them.
<CASU was a not-too-bad UK S100 manufacturer. The machines were certainly
<stable. But they didn't design all their own cards - standard
<configuration was a Cromemco Z-PU processor board and a Micromation
<Doubler disk controller I think. Oh, with those wonderful
<linear-positioner Persci drivers...
Well the persci drives were uh, uhm interesting but the S100 boards are
considered quite good.
Allison
Received on Sat May 16 1998 - 22:10:04 BST