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S-100 was the 100 pin bus that was popular around the time of [[CP/M]].
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The '''S100''' [[bus]] was designed for [[8080]] and [[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.
  
 
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Revision as of 06:07, 1 November 2009

S-100 motherboard

The S100 bus was designed for 8080 and 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.