Cromemco Information

From: ghldbrd_at_ccp.com <(ghldbrd_at_ccp.com)>
Date: Sat Nov 15 12:58:51 2003

I worked with a Cromemco (model unknown) that was packaged as a LiveLine
I, an early television weather graphics computer supported by Accuweather.

I remember every time we had a lightning strike I'd buckshot the I/O board
with new UARTS, 1488/1489's, and any other plug-in chip, and get it
working again. The ultimate kicker was having to replace the 20 meg HD
with a proprietary drive for over $1000, and that was in the early 90's.
>From the frying pan we jumped into the fire, having purchased an Amiga
4000 and Video Toaster about a year before Commode Door went out of biz.
Lightning would get into it and we had to buy a COMPLETE new box, as parts
were not available. Did that twice.

Soome management types would never learn.

Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO

> I just recently acquired a Cromemco Z-2D (don't yet have all the
> necessary accessories and peripherals to test it)... and I'm curious as
> to how many of these were made.
>
> I know they were produced in 1977, but aside from the information from
> old-computers.com, I know relatively little about it.
>
> There doesn't seem to be much interest surrounding them, as I had
> trouble finding much on the web.
>
> Anything any of you could tell me about this (especially how many were
> produced, how many are estimated to still be around, etc) would be
> really cool.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Donald Nova
> Don at NovaNow.net
>
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