CompuPro Godbout S-100 Microcomputer
date: label: Date made
content: 1983
name: label: maker
content: CompuPro
notes: label: Description
content: Introduced in March of 1983, the CompuPro S-100 system was one of the last and most expensive CP/M systems that appeared. It was a very flexible system that could accommodate a wide range of S-100 bus cards built by a wide range of manufacturers.
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content: CompuPro itself manufactured a large number of S-100 cards. Its S-100 system could be fitted with either 8-bit and/or 16-bit processor cards. One of the best-selling cards was a dual processor 8808 + 8085. This allowed running both 8 bit CP/M and 16 bit MP/M software at a speed of 2 or 5 MHz in a multitasking environment.
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content: The CompuPro S-100 included several cards from 8088 + 8085 to Z80 to 80286 at a speed of 4 MHz and up. There are 2 8" floppy disk drives. The three major options for operating systems were CP/M, CP/M-86, and MP/M. The machine had 16 KB of RAM, which could be expanded to 1 MB. Depending on how the computer was configured, its price ranged from around $5,500 up to almost $20,000.
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content: This particular CompuPro S-100 was owned by the author and journalist Jerry Pournelle (1932-2017) who dubbed it Ezekiel II (also Zeke II) and used it writing, including preparation of his columns for <I>Byte</I> magazine. Pournelle first mentioned the machine in his "User's Column" for March, 1983.
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content: Reference
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content: Jerry Pourelle, "User's Column: Sage in Bloom, Zeke II, CBIOS Traps, Language Debate Continues. <I>Byte</I>, vol 8 #3, March 1983, pp. 218-238, 242, 244.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Dr. Jerry E. Pournelle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0070.01.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0070.01.1
label: accession number
content: 1989.0070
objectType: label: Object Name
content: personal computer CPU
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 19.1 cm x 43.2 cm x 49.5 cm; 7 1/2 in x 17 in x 19 1/2 in