DG CS/20 & CS/30 reply

From: Innfogra_at_aol.com <(Innfogra_at_aol.com)>
Date: Sat Feb 3 16:06:01 2001

In a message dated 2/3/2001 11:27:08 AM Pacific Standard Time,
vcf_at_siconic.com writes:

> Anyone ever heard of a Data General machine from the 70s with the model
> designation CS-20 or CS-30

I have had a couple of these go through my hands about 10 years ago. I think
they are late 70s or early 80s. IIRC they are a 16 bit systems with up to
128K or 512K of RAM.

The C indicates Commercial and the S indicates Scientific so I think this is
a multipurpose computer. I think they were a shrunk version of the Eclipse
S/200 and the C/300 which were introduced in 1975.

By shrunk I mean the circuit cards are about 8"X12" instead of the original
Eclipse cards which are about 16" square. I think MOS memory only. About 1990
I sold one of the 512K cards for good money. The original full size Eclipses
came with either core or MOS memory.

I looked it up in my in my "Computer Review" of 1977 and they are not
mentioned so I think they were manufactured after that.

Paxton
Portland, OR
Received on Sat Feb 03 2001 - 16:06:01 GMT