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This section of this web site is dedicated to the description of S-100 bus boards.
Probably as many as 1000 different types of these S100 boards were sold starting
in 1976 and running into the mid 1980's. The history of these boards is reflected
in the history of the companies that made them. This section of the web site
will be dedicated to collecting and storing information about these boards.
It will be an almost never ending and time consuming process. Boards are grouped
by the company that manufactured them. I will try and mention a common format.
There are numerous descriptions of S-100 boards on the web. Some of these invaluable
sites are listed here. However what
is really need is one central location where one can obtain quick and detailed
information. I will over time try and achieve this. Contributions by
others
here are really be appreciated. If you have a high resolution picture of a
board (or ones better than I have here) I will be delighted to post them here.
Also any manuals missing, information, corrections etc. please let me know so
we can really help our fellow hobbyists. Boards with manuals/documentation are
shown in Cyan. Boards missing manuals are shown
below in Green. Boards in
Grey are those I have too little information at
this time to present. To reach me send an e-mail (see bottom of
home page).
Please see here for acknowledgements of help
from many generous people that made this table possible.
Ackerman Digital
Systems
History
Promwriter
Kludge Board
6809
SBC
Noisemaker
Octafloppy Memorizer
ACOM Electronics
8088 CPU Board
History
Super Quad SBC
Super Slave SBC
Super Six SBC
HDC
Super 186 SBC
MultiSlave
Artec Electronics, Inc.
History
32K Static RAM
Prototype Board
ROM board
Alpha Micro Systems
History
AM-100 CPU
AM300 Serial I/O
AM310 Serial I/O
AM500 HDC
AM200 FDC AM600T
Other Boards
BG Computer Applications
History
256K Static RAM
64K Static RAM
California Computer Systems
History
Z80 CPU
16K RAM
2065 64K Dynamic RAM
2066 64K Dynamic RAM
FDC
SIO
Parallel/Serial Board
Other Boards
Central Data
History
64K Dynamic RAM
CompuPro
History
RAM Boards
CPU-Z
CPU8085/88
CPU8086/87
CPU286
EconoROM 2708
Disk 1
Disk 1A
Disk 1B
Disk 2/Selector Board
Disk 3
Interfacer I
Interfacer II
Interfacer 3
Interfacer 4
PC-Video
M-Drive
SPIO Board
MPX Board
System Support 1
System Support 2
SP186
SPUZ
Spectrum
CPU68000
NS32016
CPU
Computalker
History
CT-1
CompuFone
Cromemco
History
ZPU
SBC
4KRAM
16K
RAM
64KZ RAM
64KZ-II RAM
256KRAM
8KBytesaver
Bytesaver-II
16KPROM
32K Bytesaver
4FDC
16FDC 64FDC
WDI
WDI-II
STDC
4PIO
8PIO
TU-ART
D+7A I/O
Dazzler
PRI
GPIB Board
XMU
XXU
DPU
Other Boards
Compu/Time
History
Clock & Calendar Board
SBC
FDC
256K RAM
D.C Hayes
History
80-103A
Micromodem-100
Delta Products -
XOR Computers
History
Z80 CPU
FDC
64K DRAM
Digital Research
Computers
History
16K Static RAM
16K EPROM
8K Static RAM
32K EPROM
Sound Effects Board
Z80 CPU
128K RAM/EPROM
64K Static RAM
LS-100 RAM Disk
S100 EPROM Programmer, 32K Static RAM
Dual Systems
History
68000 CPU
256K RAM
Clock Board
CMEM RAM
Digital to Analog (AOM-12)
(Analog To Digital (VIC 4-20)
EPROM
4 Port Serial
WDC-SMD AIM-12
Dynabyte
History
16K Static RAM
16K Dynamic RAM
32K Static RAM
Z80 CPU
Naked Terminal
Octaport
64K Dynamic RAM
ECT
History
8K RAM
16K RAM
8080 CPU
RAM+IO
64K RAM
Electralogics
History
Quasi-Disk
64K Static RAM
MFIO
Board
Fulcrum
History
64K RAM
256K RAM
VIO
MPUZ CPU
Omnidisk
Harte Technologies
History
Super IO Controller
Heath/Zenith
History
Z-100 Motherboard
FDC
Winchester Disk Controller
256K RAM
ARCNET Board
Heuristics
Speechlab Board
IMS
History
16K RAM
32K RAM
64K DRAM
80186 CPU
FDC 400
FDC 930
IO Board
Winchester Disk Controller
8K RAM
Z80-451
4-Line Serial
LANS100
CPS-Q6A
CPZ4800
QIC-Tape Controller
CPS-MX
CPS-BMX
Other Boards
LAN-PC
IMSAI
History
MPU-A
VIO
4K RAM
EPROM Programmer
PIC-8
PIO
SIO
MIO
PROM
MPU-B
FDC (IFM/FIB) FDC (DIO/PDS) 16K
Dynamic RAM
32K Dynamic RAM 64K Dynamic RAM
I/O Technology
History
A-D-A Converter
Bar Code Reader
Peripheral Support Board
RGB Video
Dual GPIB-488
Interface
Ithaca Audio/Intersystems
History
2708 EPROM
Display Board
Z80 CPU
Z80-II CPU
VIO Board
FDC
64K Dynamic RAM
8K RAM
256K Dynamic RAM
Front Panel
Clock Board
6-SIO
FDC-II
HDC Interface
16-64K EPROM
EPROM Emmulator
Z80-III CPU
ADDA Board
EPROM Burner
Jade Computer
Products
History
Bus Probe
8K Static RAM
Z80 Board
FDC
64K Dynamic RAM
1P2S I/O Board
Serial/Parallel Board
Konan
History
SMC-100
SMC-200
DGC-100
Enhancer
Octopus
Lomas Data
Products
History
Color Magic
Hazitall
Lightning One
RAM67
Thunder 186
LDP72 FDC
Mega RAM
LDP128/258K RAM LDP88 CPU Megaram NV-DISK
Macrotech
History
128K RAM
256K Dynamic RAM 512-ST
RAM
1MG Dynamic RAM
2MG Dynamic RAM
V-RAM
ADIT Board
80386 CPU Board
Z80/80286 Board
Matrox
History
ALT256
ALT2048
ALT512
Measurement & Control Systems
History
DM64 Dynamic RAM
DMB64 Dynamic RAM
SMB Static RAM
Micropolis
History
FDC
MiniTerm
Associates
History
Merlin Video Board
Marinchip
History
9900 CPU
64K RAM
Memory Merchant
History
16K RAM
64K RAM
MITS (Altair)
History
8080 CPU
1KRAM
4K Static RAM
4K Dynamic RAM
16K Static RAM
16K Dynamic RAM
4PIO
ADC
VI/RTC
PCI
2K PROM
8K PROM
88-2 SIO
SIO-B
FDC Boards
TurnKey Board
Morrow Designs
History
24K RAM
64K RAM
Hard Disk Controller
SuperRAM
SwitchBoard
Disk Jockey FDC
Z80 CPU
Multi I/O Board
DJ-DMA FDC
8KDRAM
HDC_DMA Controller
Mountain Hardware
History
Clock Board
AC Controller
Prom
Burner
Mullen
History
Extender Board
Relay Board
Multiflex
History
Z80 Board
SBC
FDC
MuSYS
History
SBC
Newtech
Model 6 Music Board
NorthStar
History
Floating Point Board
MDC
MDS
Z80-CPU Board
32K Dynamic RAM
48K Dynamic RAM
64K Dynamic RAM
SIO Board
Hard Disk Controller
UP-8
8088 SBC
Objective Design
Inc.
History
PCG Graphics Board
Peak Electronics
History
68K8-CP
Pickles & Trout
History
488 Interface Board
Piiceon
History
SuperRAM 4
SuperRAM 50
PC-86 (8086 Board)
SuperRAM 2 SuperRAM 5
V-100 Video D-100 HDC
PMMI
History
MM-103 Modem
Bell
212A Modem
VT1 Modem
PolyMorphic
Systems
History
8080 CPU
Video Display Board
FDC 16K Dynamic RAM Cassette Board
Printer Interface
Processor
Technology
History
4K RAM
8KRAM
16k Dynamic RAM
48K Dynamic RAM
1702 ROM
3P+S
CUTS
GPM
VDM1
Helios-II FDC
Retro PC Design
Bus Probe
Romac
History
H19 Video Board
Salota
History
Z80-CPU
32K RAM
FDC
2S+P
Scion
History
MicroAngelo
Seals Electronics
History
8K Static RAM
4K ROM
Seattle Computer
Products
History
8086 CPU
8086 Support Board
16K (24-101) RAM
16K (107A) RAM
16K RAM
64K RAM
Serial IO
DiskMaster
SemiDisk
History
SemiDisk I & II
S.C Digital
History
80286 CPU board
256K Dynamic RAM
32K RAM
16K RAM
1MG
Dynamic RAM
Z80 CPU Board Support- I 128K RAM/ROM FDC-1A
8086 Board I/O Board (3SPC-N) 256K Static RAM
SD Systems
History
Z8800 CPU
ExpandoRAM
ExpandoROM
Versafloppy
I & II
VDB 8024
SBC-100
4K RAM
PROM-100
I/O8 Serial Board
Other Boards
Simpliway
History
VDB-A Video Board
Solid State Music
History
8K RAM
VB1B
8080 CPU
Z80 CPU
EPROM
IO4
IO5
PB1
VB3
16K RAM
64K Static RAM CB2-Z80 Board MB10-16K RAM
Space Byte
History
8085 SBC Board
Static Memory Systems
History
64K Static RAM
Tarbell
Electronics
History
Cassette Interface
Single Density FDC
Double Density FDC
Z80 CPU Board
32K RAM
TDL
History
Z80 CPU
SMB
Z16 RAM
32K Dynamic RAM
VDB-2
TecMar
History
Digital to Analogue Converter
Analogue to Digital Converter
8086 Board
4 PIO 16K Static RAM RT Video Display
PROM & IO Expansion Multiplexer
Teletek
History
Systemaster
Systemaster II
SBC-I
SBC 86/89
FDC
FDC-II
64K Dynamic RAM TurboNET S-100
Vector Graphic
History
Bitstreamer II
Dual FD-HDC
Z80 CPU
8K
Static RAM
48K Dynamic RAM
64K Dynamic RAM
EPROM/RAM
ZCB
8080 CPU
8" FDC
Flashwriter II
Micropolis FDC
Wameco
History
32K RAM
8K RAM
8080 CPU
Z80
Front Panel Board EPM-2
Other
Boards
XComp
History
Hard Disk Controller
Z100 Lifeline
IDE Controller Board
Companies for which I have
insufficient information to add a section currently.
Please help if you have manuals or pictures.
Artec Electronics. They were located in San
Carlos, CA. They made a 32K static RAM board as well as some
prototype boards. See for example Interface Age May 1978, Vol 3, #5,
p44
Canada Systems Inc. They were located in La Canada,
CA. They made a Clock/Time board and a motor controller board.
See for example Interface Age May 1978, Vol 3,
#5, p52
Chrislin Industries. They were located in Westlake
Village, CA. In early 1980's they made a high density (64K) dynamic
RAM board.
Digital Graphics Systems.
They were located in Palo Alto, CA. They made high resolution
graphic display and image capture
S-100 boards.
For example see Microsystems 1984, Vol 4, #10, p93.
International Micro Machines or IMM. They were
locate in Canoga Park CA. They advertised a series of static memory
boards in 1980. See Microsystems Vol 1,#6 p27.
SPC Technologies Inc. They were located in
Arlington VA. They made an S-100 9-track Tape drive controller and
a Floating Point Math board. See Microsystems Vol 3, #2, p 53.
D&W Digital. They were
located in Los Altos CA. They made an IEEE-488 interface board
similar to the Pickles & Trout one.
Appeared in 1982. See Microsystems Vol
3,#4,p90.
PCE Systems. They were locate in Carmichael CA.
They made a S-100 256K dynamic RAM board and a 14" Winchester drive
controller. They came out in 1981. See Microsystems Vol 2, #6, p15.
Illuminated Technology Inc. They were located in
Oklahoma City OK. They had a great looking IEEE-696 compatible video
board with resolutions up to 1024X1024X8 colors. They appeared in
1984 & 1985. See Microsystems Vol 5, #4, p41.
MicroDASys. They were located in Los Angeles CA.
They sold an interesting looking 8 port parallel, 2Serial port S-100
board. The board could be memory or IO mapped. They appeared in1980.
See Microcomputing Feb 1980 p13.
Intelligent Computer Designs Corp. They were
located in Laguna Hills CA. They made master/slave S100 SBC's.
Appeared in1985. They used the HD64180 chip instead of a Z80.
Similar setup's to TeleTek or ADC's. See MSJ Vol , #5, p58.
Micro Design Associates. They were located in
Columbia MO. They briefly came out with a very flexible S-100 FDC
in 1984. See MSJ Vol 5, #4, p67.
Performics Inc. They were located in
Kingston & Nashua NH. They had a number
of interesting S-100 boards around 1984. These included a 256K
static RAM board, a FDC board, a 1M Dynamic RAM board an 8086 and
80286 CPU board. See for example Microsystems 1984, Vol5, #9, p
104.
Memory Merchant. They were located in San Leandro,
CA. They made 16K (using 2114's) and 64K (using 6516's) Static RAM
boards, a Z80 board and possibly others. See for example
Microsystems Feb 1983, Vol 4, #2, p38.
Octagon. They were located in San Jose, CA. They
appeared in the mid 80's with complete 8 &16 bit S-100 bus systems
in their own custom box. They had an NSC-800 (Z80 compatible)/8088
dual CPU board, a 512K dynamic RAM board and a 256K static RAM
board. They also had a FCD and HDC board. See Microsystems 1984, Vol
5, #1, p130
Sierra Data Sciences. They were located in Fresno,
CA. They appeared in the early 80's. They had a Z80 SBC master and
slave board and a 4 port serial board. See Microsystems 1982, Vol 3,
#4, p1. For a history of SDS see
here.
Earth Computers. They were located in Fountain
Valley, CA. They came late into the game but had some good SBC
boards. For example a "Turbomaster 8" with a Z80H at 8MHZ,
FDC,DHC,256K RAM etc. on one board. See S-100 journal, Spring 1986,
Vol1, #3 p9. See here for more information about teh company.
SKI Elecronics. They were located in San Jose CA.
They made a 8088 CPU board that was IEEE-696 compatable. All I have
so far is an advertisement. See
here.
Companies/Boards
for which I have manuals but no pictures.
Please help if you have a picture.
Solid
State Music
64K Static RAM Board.
(Manual)
Problem Solver Systems
16K RAM Board (Manual)
PolyMorphic Stystems
16K Dynamic RAM (Manual),
Cassette Board (Manual),
Printer Interface (Manual)
ADC Board (Manual)
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