Date   : Thu, 12 Mar 1992 23:15:30 GMT
From   : ryptyde!tommy@nosc.mil (Tom Williams)
Subject: Re: What is a CompuPro 816?

sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) writes:

> 
>  On a trade, I received ... a CompuPro 816.

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You received the case and backplane for an S-100 computer.  The CompuPro 816 
was (is) a multi-CPU computer, with an 8-bit (probably) Z-80, and a 16-bit 
device (I don't know exactly what kind of CPU's are in it).  As a complete 
unit, the machine supported two 8" 1.2M floppies, operated MP/M __and__ CP/M 
simultaneously, and supported at least two users.

This information is third- or fourth-hand.  A friend of mine 
(rrobinson@orion.arc.nasa.gov) owns an 816, and has operated it a few times. 
He might have docs for it, and may be willing to trade his for something.

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