Comart - Revision history

Jnc: More specific cat

2025-02-12T15:29:31Z

More specific cat

Vaxorcist: /* Workstation */ Added links for "Digital Research" and "GEM"

2023-09-19T18:05:19Z

‎Workstation: Added links for "Digital Research" and "GEM"

Jnc: +cat, +links

2018-12-16T16:04:07Z

+cat, +links

Aball: /* The Quad had a network port */

2017-12-15T18:52:39Z

‎The Quad had a network port

Aball: /* First attempt at a summary page for Comart */

2017-12-15T18:42:53Z

‎First attempt at a summary page for Comart

New page

Comart were a British manufacturer of single and multi-user microcomputers that ran operating systems from the Digital Research CP/M family.
== S100 ==
The Communicator was built on the popular S-100 bus. A later S-100 model featured an 80386 processor card, ran Concurrent DOS 386 and supported multiple users via serial terminals.
== Workstation ==
The Comart Workstation was a single-user microcomputer built around the Intel 80186 microprocessor. 256K of RAM was soldered to the mainboard and 512K could be added via a 512K daughterboard. The Workstation could run MS-DOS and offered some degree of compatibility with the IBM PC. It could run Digital Research GEM graphical user interface and Comcart offered a Mouse Systems optical mouse similar to that used with SUN workstations. The Workstation could also run Concurrent CP/M-86 (or Concurrent DOS), which supported multitasking and Comart Net, a proprietary LAN technology. The case had two 5.25" drive bays. Models were available with one or two 720K double-sided quad-density floppy disk drives and a 10M MFM hard disk drive. A utility later became available that could
format 20M or 40M hard disks for use in the Workstation.
== Quad ==
The Comart Quad, developed from the Workstation, shared many common parts including the case, power supply and disk drives. It lacked the mouse port and on-board graphics and instead had four serial ports to plug terminals into. With Concurrent CP/M-86 four users could each be running four programs each.

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	The Comart Quad, developed from the Workstation, shared many common parts including the case, power supply and disk drives. It lacked the mouse port and on-board graphics and instead had four serial ports to plug terminals into. With Concurrent CP/M-86 four users could each be running four programs each. The Quad retained the Workstation's Comart Net port.		The Comart Quad, developed from the Workstation, shared many common parts including the case, power supply and disk drives. It lacked the mouse port and on-board graphics and instead had four serial ports to plug terminals into. With Concurrent CP/M-86 four users could each be running four programs each. The Quad retained the Workstation's Comart Net port.

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 == Workstation ==
-The Comart Workstation was a single-user microcomputer built around the Intel 80186 [[microprocessor]].  256K of RAM was soldered to the mainboard and 512K could be added via a 512K daughterboard.  The Workstation could run MS-DOS and offered some degree of compatibility with the IBM PC.  It could run Digital Research GEM graphical user interface and Comcart offered a Mouse Systems optical mouse similar to that used with SUN workstations.  The Workstation could also run Concurrent CP/M-86 (or Concurrent DOS), which supported multitasking and Comart Net, a proprietary LAN technology. The case had two 5.25" drive bays. Models were available with one or two 720K double-sided quad-density floppy disk drives and a 10M MFM hard disk drive. A utility later became available that could
+The Comart Workstation was a single-user microcomputer built around the Intel 80186 [[microprocessor]].  256K of RAM was soldered to the mainboard and 512K could be added via a 512K daughterboard.  The Workstation could run MS-DOS and offered some degree of compatibility with the IBM PC.  It could run [[Digital Research]] [[GEM]] graphical user interface and Comcart offered a Mouse Systems optical mouse similar to that used with SUN workstations.  The Workstation could also run Concurrent CP/M-86 (or Concurrent DOS), which supported multitasking and Comart Net, a proprietary LAN technology. The case had two 5.25" drive bays. Models were available with one or two 720K double-sided quad-density floppy disk drives and a 10M MFM hard disk drive. A utility later became available that could
 format 20M or 40M hard disks for use in the Workstation.

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-Comart were a British manufacturer of single and multi-user microcomputers that ran operating systems from the Digital Research CP/M family.
+Comart were a British manufacturer of single- and [[multi-user]] [[microcomputer]]s that ran [[operating system]]s from the Digital Research [[CP/M]] family.
 == S100 ==
-The Communicator was built on the popular S-100 bus.  A later S-100 model featured an 80386 processor card, ran Concurrent DOS 386 and supported multiple users via serial terminals.
+The Communicator was built on the popular [[S-100]] [[bus]].  A later S-100 model featured an [[80386]] processor card, ran Concurrent DOS 386 and supported multiple users via serial terminals.
 == Workstation ==
-The Comart Workstation was a single-user microcomputer built around the Intel 80186 microprocessor.  256K of RAM was soldered to the mainboard and 512K could be added via a 512K daughterboard.  The Workstation could run MS-DOS and offered some degree of compatibility with the IBM PC.  It could run Digital Research GEM graphical user interface and Comcart offered a Mouse Systems optical mouse similar to that used with SUN workstations.  The Workstation could also run Concurrent CP/M-86 (or Concurrent DOS), which supported multitasking and Comart Net, a proprietary LAN technology. The case had two 5.25" drive bays. Models were available with one or two 720K double-sided quad-density floppy disk drives and a 10M MFM hard disk drive. A utility later became available that could
+The Comart Workstation was a single-user microcomputer built around the Intel 80186 [[microprocessor]].  256K of RAM was soldered to the mainboard and 512K could be added via a 512K daughterboard.  The Workstation could run MS-DOS and offered some degree of compatibility with the IBM PC.  It could run Digital Research GEM graphical user interface and Comcart offered a Mouse Systems optical mouse similar to that used with SUN workstations.  The Workstation could also run Concurrent CP/M-86 (or Concurrent DOS), which supported multitasking and Comart Net, a proprietary LAN technology. The case had two 5.25" drive bays. Models were available with one or two 720K double-sided quad-density floppy disk drives and a 10M MFM hard disk drive. A utility later became available that could
 format 20M or 40M hard disks for use in the Workstation.
 == Quad ==
 The Comart Quad, developed from the Workstation, shared many common parts including the case, power supply and disk drives. It lacked the mouse port and on-board graphics and instead had four serial ports to plug terminals into.  With Concurrent CP/M-86 four users could each be running four programs each.  The Quad retained the Workstation's Comart Net port.