CompuPro System 8/16 Microcomputer
date: label: Date made
content: 1983
name: label: maker
content: CompuPro
notes: label: Description
content: This machine has a metal case painted white, with a black front. It holds a CompuPro 8/16 microcomputer, one of the last microcomputers to use a CP/M operating system, appearing at the end of devices using an S-100 bus printed circuit board and 8-bit processor cards.Users could insert almost any S-100 card built by the manufacturer or other electronics firms.
label: Description
content: CompuPro manufactured a large range of S-100 cards, and the system could be fitted with 8-bit and/or 16-bit processor cards. One of the best-selling cards was a dual processor 8088 + 8085 that allowed running both 8 bit CP/M and 16 bit MP/M software, at a speed of 2 or 5 Mhz, in a multi-user, multi-tasking environment.
label: Description
content: Several advanced CPU cards were available later: Z80 at 8 Mhz, Intel 80286 and National Semiconductor 16032. Due to the large range of available CPU cards, practically all operating systems and programming languages sold for microcomputers of the time could be used.
label: Description
content: For another CompuPro System 8/16, see 1991.3102.01.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: https://www.old-computers.com/museum/, accessed August 2, 2023.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John Machado
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0033.01
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0033.01
label: accession number
content: 2007.0033
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 17 1/4 in x 20 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 43.815 cm x 51.435 cm