Vector Graphic S100 Identification Request

From: Anthony Clifton - Wirehead <wirehead_at_retrocomputing.com>
Date: Sun May 23 18:22:46 1999

Greetings,

Ok, I've got a Vector Graphic S100 chassis full of cards and another
chassis with an 8" hard disk. I picked up this machine last fall from
Jeff Kaneko. Thanks Jeff! I thought since I've had such good luck
with the Northstar that I'd start tackling the VG.

Ok, here's what I know about it. The system chassis says just
Vector on the front, has a keyswitch and a reset button. It also
has a 5 1/4" floppy drive in the front.

The Part Number on the back says 9007-0018 while the Serial Number
says 1003. A similar sticker on the inside bottom next to the floppy
drive says PN 5034-0016 SN 10014.

The system has a Bitstreamer II card, which I'm assuming goes to something
like a tape drive (which I do not have), 4 Vector 64k RAM cards, a Vector
CPU card with a Z80B, which has a serial console cable going to a DB25
on the back of the unit. The unit also has three serial cards going to
five DB25s on the back, each having a label that says "Vector Mindless
Terminal Only".

The CPU card says ZCB on it and has a copyright of 1979.

What can anyone tell me about this system? What model is it? Did it
run CP/M or M/PM or both? Anyone have bootdisks for this thing?

On a side note, the cables to the hard disk have been snipped but there's
enough on either side to know what they're supposed to be. Obviously,
when I reconnect those there's a possibility that it will boot off the
hard disk. ??? (Maybe that's an assumption)

Thanks...

Anthony Clifton

PS: I'm sending this directly to you, Don, as well to see if you have
a bootdisk for it. Thanks!
Received on Sun May 23 1999 - 18:22:46 BST