S-100 - Revision history

Jnc: typo

2025-04-27T22:29:58Z

typo

Jnc: Link to IMSAI 8800

2025-04-27T22:04:41Z

Link to IMSAI 8800

Jnc: /* Companies */ Companies whose products used the S-100 bus

2024-02-18T15:28:37Z

‎Companies: Companies whose products used the S-100 bus

Jnc: /* See also */ +SS-50 bus

2024-02-16T14:56:18Z

‎See also: +SS-50 bus

Jnc: Proper cat

2018-10-21T12:27:44Z

Proper cat

Jnc: Update cat, add links

2018-02-19T22:23:54Z

Update cat, add links

Tor: Fix double 'the the'

2012-11-22T08:49:08Z

Fix double 'the the'

Tor: Added some more info

2012-07-08T14:42:41Z

Added some more info

Neozeed at 21:40, 7 August 2011

2011-08-07T21:40:38Z

Tor: Add more, add ref.

2011-08-07T19:27:37Z

Add more, add ref.

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 The '''S-100''' [[bus]] was designed for [[i8080|8080]] and [[i8085|8085]] but mainly used in many [[Z80]] systems. Being well defined it allowed many manufacturers to produce boards and cases for it, which made manufacture and expansion of a system very easy. Most used [[CP/M]] as the [[operating system]] on them.
-S-100 is short for '''Standard 100''', according to an advertisement by Cromemco on page 2 in the November 1976 issue of BYTE magazine. This was also possibly the first public reference to S-100. Before that it had been known first as the '''Altair bus''', later as the '''Altair/IMSAI bus''' (in the [[IMSAI 8800]]), but after a third vendor was added to the list the industry (in reality the competitors to those vendors) decided on a generic term so that they wouldn't have to refer to other companies in their own product advertisements. As the bus used 100 pins it was called Standard 100, or S-100.
+S-100 is short for '''Standard 100''', according to an advertisement by Cromemco on page 2 in the November 1976 issue of BYTE magazine. This was also possibly the first public reference to S-100. Before that it had been known first as the '''Altair bus''', later as the '''Altair/IMSAI bus''' (in the [[IMSAI 8080]]), but after a third vendor was added to the list the industry (in reality the competitors to those vendors) decided on a generic term so that they wouldn't have to refer to other companies in their own product advertisements. As the bus used 100 pins it was called Standard 100, or S-100.
 A slightly faster and expanded S-100 variant was made into an IEEE standard, IEEE-696, and available as a draft since 1978. First published in non-draft form in the July 1979 issue of COMPUTER Magazine (an IEEE Computer Society publication). It was however not approved by the IEEE 696 committee until late 1982, or early 1983, so the standard is called IEEE-696-1983. IEEE stopped support of the standard in June 1994.

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 The '''S-100''' [[bus]] was designed for [[i8080|8080]] and [[i8085|8085]] but mainly used in many [[Z80]] systems. Being well defined it allowed many manufacturers to produce boards and cases for it, which made manufacture and expansion of a system very easy. Most used [[CP/M]] as the [[operating system]] on them.
-S-100 is short for '''Standard 100''', according to an advertisement by Cromemco on page 2 in the November 1976 issue of BYTE magazine. This was also possibly the first public reference to S-100. Before that it had been known first as the '''Altair bus''', later as the '''Altair/IMSAI bus''', but after a third vendor was added to the list the industry (in reality the competitors to those vendors) decided on a generic term so that they wouldn't have to refer to other companies in their own product advertisements. As the bus used 100 pins it was called Standard 100, or S-100.
+S-100 is short for '''Standard 100''', according to an advertisement by Cromemco on page 2 in the November 1976 issue of BYTE magazine. This was also possibly the first public reference to S-100. Before that it had been known first as the '''Altair bus''', later as the '''Altair/IMSAI bus''' (in the [[IMSAI 8800]]), but after a third vendor was added to the list the industry (in reality the competitors to those vendors) decided on a generic term so that they wouldn't have to refer to other companies in their own product advertisements. As the bus used 100 pins it was called Standard 100, or S-100.
 A slightly faster and expanded S-100 variant was made into an IEEE standard, IEEE-696, and available as a draft since 1978. First published in non-draft form in the July 1979 issue of COMPUTER Magazine (an IEEE Computer Society publication). It was however not approved by the IEEE 696 committee until late 1982, or early 1983, so the standard is called IEEE-696-1983. IEEE stopped support of the standard in June 1994.

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 * More address pins: A0-A15 vs. A0-A24 (IEEE-696)
 * The original two 8-bit unidirectional data paths could alternatively be used as a single 16-bit data path (IEEE-696)
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 * The original two 8-bit unidirectional data paths could alternatively be used as a single 16-bit data path (IEEE-696)
-==References==
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 * Herb Johnson's S-100 pages at http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/s100bus.html
 * Detailed pin description at http://www.hardwarebook.info/IEEE-696
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 * Herb Johnson's S-100 pages at http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/s100bus.html
 * Detailed pin description at http://www.hardwarebook.info/IEEE-696
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 [[Category:Buses]]

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 [[Image:S-100 board.JPG|150px|thumb|right|S-100 motherboard]]
 The '''S-100''' [[bus]] was designed for [[i8080|8080]] and [[i8085|8085]] but mainly used in many [[Z80]] systems. Being well defined it allowed many manufacturers to produce boards and cases for it, which made manufacture and expansion of a system very easy. Most used [[CP/M]] as the operating system on them.
 S-100 is short for '''Standard 100''', according to an advertisement by Cromemco on page 2 in the November 1976 issue of BYTE magazine. This was also possibly the first public reference to S-100. Before that it had been known first as the '''Altair bus''', later as the '''Altair/IMSAI bus''', but after a third vendor was added to the list the industry (in reality the competitors to those vendors) decided on a generic term so that they wouldn't have to refer to other companies in their own product advertisements. As the bus used 100 pins it was called Standard 100, or S-100.
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-[[Category:Bus Architectures]]
+[[Category:Buses]]

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 S-100 is short for '''Standard 100''', according to an advertisement by Cromemco on page 2 in the November 1976 issue of BYTE magazine. This was also possibly the first public reference to S-100. Before that it had been known first as the '''Altair bus''', later as the '''Altair/IMSAI bus''', but after a third vendor was added to the list the industry (in reality the competitors to those vendors) decided on a generic term so that they wouldn't have to refer to other companies in their own product advertisements. As the bus used 100 pins it was called Standard 100, or S-100.
-A slightly faster and expanded S-100 variant was made into an IEEE standard, IEEE-696, and available as a draft since 1978. First published in non-draft form in the July 1979 issue of COMPUTER Magazine (an IEEE Computer Society publication). It was however not approved by the the IEEE 696 committee until late 1982, or early 1983, so the standard is called IEEE-696-1983. IEEE stopped support of the standard in June 1994.
+A slightly faster and expanded S-100 variant was made into an IEEE standard, IEEE-696, and available as a draft since 1978. First published in non-draft form in the July 1979 issue of COMPUTER Magazine (an IEEE Computer Society publication). It was however not approved by the IEEE 696 committee until late 1982, or early 1983, so the standard is called IEEE-696-1983. IEEE stopped support of the standard in June 1994.
 Some of the noteworthy differences between the original Altair/IMSAI bus and the variant of S-100 that became IEEE-696-1983 are listed below. NB: This is far from complete.