NAME  

System 8/16

MANUFACTURER  

CompuPro

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

USA

YEAR  

March 1983

END OF PRODUCTION 

Unknown

BUILT IN LANGUAGE 

None

KEYBOARD  

Serial video terminal

CPU  

Various S-100 CPU cards (8085, Z80, 8088, 8086, 80286, NS 16032, Motorola 68000)

SPEED  

Various, depending on CPU

RAM  

16 KB upgradable to 1 MB

ROM  

Various, depending on CPU board

TEXT MODES  

80 chars. x 25 lines

GRAPHIC MODES  

None

COLORS  

Monochrome

I/O; PORTS

6, 12 or 20-slot motherboards

BUILT IN MEDIA

None

OS

CP/M-80, CP/M-86, MP/M, MS-DOS, Concurrent Dos

POWER SUPPLY 

Built-in PSU

PERIPHERALS  

Any peripherial based on S-100 boards

PRICE  

From $5500 to $20,000 based on configuration and options

 

CompuPro System 8/16

CompuPro 8/16

 The Compupro 8/16 system was one of the last big and expensive CP/M system that appeared at the end of the S-100 Bus and 8-bit professional systems era. It was actually a typical S-100 box, where the user could insert almost any S-100 card build by the manufacturer or anybody else. As Compupro manufactured a large range of S-100 card, the system could be fitted with either 8-bit and/or 16-bit processor cards. One of the best-selling card was a dual processor 8088 + 8085 that allowed running both 8 bit CP/M and


16 bit MP/M software, at a speed of 2 or 5 MHz, in a multi-user, multi-tasking environment. Several advanced CPU cards were available later: Z80 at 8 MHz, Intel 80286 and National Semiconductor 16032. Due to the large range of available CPU cards, practically all operating systems and programming languages of the time could be used.