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