22 Aug
2002
22 Aug
'02
3:07 a.m.
On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I do have a box to stuff the cards into for testing -
my sister-in-law
works at the local post office and a customer mentioned having an S100
system he wanted to find a good home for... It appears to be complete,
with two 8" drives, a video card, etc, but with no software, I haven't
done much with it. I have CP/M on 5.25" disks for the C128 and the
Kaypro, but no CP/M on 8" for anything. I've never even _heard_ of
Cromix. Is it Cromemco CP/M or something completely different?
It's Cromemco's version of Unix. I had a System One with a hard drive
that had Cromix on it. It's not bad. Unfortunately, that hard drive
crashed shortly after the system was exhibited at VCF 1.0, before I had a
chance to try to back it up. One day it'll be my first hard drive
recovery project.
Are there docs on the web for Cromemco boards? Mostly,
I care about
jumpers, etc. I don't think I _need_ schematics yet.
Herb Johnson sells copies of S-100 docs:
http://njcc.com/~hjohnson/s100.html
He has an extensive Cromemco collection:
http://njcc.com/~hjohnson/d_crom.html
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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