retrobits
Experienced Member
Hi everybody,
As part of a retro rescue a few months back, I received a couple of S-100 chassis systems. One contained only the backplane and power supply. The other was loaded with Alpha Micro and related boards. There appear to be two AM-100/L 68000-based CPU boards, floppy controller, SCSI controllers, a serial multiplexer, and a couple of other boards.
Unfortunately, the drive subsystem and OS had been scrapped some time ago, so this is not a working system. Even if I had the dual 8" floppy unit, I wouldn't have anything to boot it with.
Both of the S-100 boxes are extra tall - I think this was a requirement for some of the Alpha Micro boards.
I haven't really decided what to do with this. It would be challenging to bring it back to life. I've looked for info online - there were some Alpha Micro info resources out there, but they appear to be offline. I couldn't find manuals, etc. for the AM-100/L system. I do have a couple of manuals in good shape that came with it - perhaps if those aren't out there, I can get them scanned and available.
Comments? Interest in pictures/scans/etc.? Ideas on ways to make it live?
Thanks,
- Earl
As part of a retro rescue a few months back, I received a couple of S-100 chassis systems. One contained only the backplane and power supply. The other was loaded with Alpha Micro and related boards. There appear to be two AM-100/L 68000-based CPU boards, floppy controller, SCSI controllers, a serial multiplexer, and a couple of other boards.
Unfortunately, the drive subsystem and OS had been scrapped some time ago, so this is not a working system. Even if I had the dual 8" floppy unit, I wouldn't have anything to boot it with.
Both of the S-100 boxes are extra tall - I think this was a requirement for some of the Alpha Micro boards.
I haven't really decided what to do with this. It would be challenging to bring it back to life. I've looked for info online - there were some Alpha Micro info resources out there, but they appear to be offline. I couldn't find manuals, etc. for the AM-100/L system. I do have a couple of manuals in good shape that came with it - perhaps if those aren't out there, I can get them scanned and available.
Comments? Interest in pictures/scans/etc.? Ideas on ways to make it live?
Thanks,
- Earl