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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
More Information
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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