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OBJECT TYPE
PERSONAL/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/32 K/4 DISK DRIVE
DATE
1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1990.0231.001
MANUFACTURER
Cromemco Inc.
MODEL
SYSTEM THREE/N/ CS3
LOCATION
Mountain View, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
30383
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
59.5 cm
Width
48.4 cm
Height
30.8 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Computing Technology
Category
Digital computing devices
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Cromemco
Country
United States of America
State/Province
California
City
Mountain View

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
1979-1982
Canada
AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT USED BY A SMALL CANADIAN SOFTWARE WRITING FIRM OPERATED BY THE GURNEYS. THEY WROTE SOFTWARE UNDER CONTRACT TO COMPANIES, BUT FOUND IT UNPROFITABLE BECAUSE MOST COMPANIES BOUGHT SOFTWARE ON THE BASIS OF LOWEST COST RATHER THAN WHETHER OR NOT IT WORKED.
Function
A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA. IT CONTAINS A MICROPROCESSOR & WAS USED BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS PURPOSES; THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY A SMALL BUSINESS.
Technical
A POWERFUL, RELIABLE COMPUTER CONTAINING A Z-80 MICROPROCESSOR, 32 K RAM, & 1024 K MEMORY USING THE 4 DISK DRIVES. Z-80 WAS MUCH FASTER THAN ORIGINAL INTEL PROCESSOR. CROMEMCO WAS FOUNDED IN 1974 & BY EARLY 1980S WAS LARGEST GENERAL PURPOSE MICROCOMPUTER MFR. IN WORLD (REF. 4).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
DECAL ON BACK READS: 'CROMEMO INC./ MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA USA/ MODEL: CS3 SER: 30383', WITH MFR'S LOGO/ WHITE LETTERING ON BACK READS 'MADE IN U.S.A.' & 'Cromemco/ MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA U.S.A.', WITH MFR'S LOGO/ RAISED BLACK LETTERING ON GOLD SYNTHETIC STRIP ACROSS FRONT READS 'CROMEMCO SYSTEM THREE'
Missing
N/A
Finish
TEXTURED BROWN PAINTED CASING/ BEIGE ENAMEL PAINTED FRONT PANELS/ WHITE SYNTHETIC CONTROL BUTTONS/ PLATED LOCK
Decoration
INSET BROWN PLASTIC SQUARE WITH RAISED GOLD 'C' ON FRONT

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