Mycron

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Mycron
Company type Private company
Industry Information technology
Founded1975
Headquarters Oslo, Norway
Key people
 Lars Monrad Krohn
Products Computers, Operating Systems
Mycro-1 connected to a terminal emulation program. It greets the user with the message: MYCROP V.2.8 (Z) Mycro-1.jpg
Mycro-1 connected to a terminal emulation program. It greets the user with the message: MYCROP V.2.8 (Z)

Mycron was a pioneer manufacturer of microcomputers, located in Oslo, Norway. [1]

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Originally named Norsk Data Industri, the company was founded in 1975 by Lars Monrad Krohn, who was also one of the founding fathers of Norsk Data. Among the employees are Arne Maus (1986–89) and Gisle Hannemyr. The company was renamed MySoft in 1999.

Computers manufactured by Mycron

MYCRO-1 was an Intel 8080 machine, running the MYCROPoperating system. [2] [3] [4] Afterwards the Mycron 3 was developed, running CP/M. The Mycron 1000 featured a Zilog Z80 processor and ran MP/M. In 1981, the Mycron 2000 was released, based on an Intel 8086 CPU, running CP/M-86 and MP/M-86 operating systems.

ModelYearCPUOperating systemNotes
MYCRO-1 [5] 1975 [6] Intel 8080 [7] MYCROPFirst single-board computer (SBC) [8]
Mycron 3(tbd) Zilog Z80 CP/M  
Mycron 1000 [3] (tbd) Zilog Z80 MP/M 64Kb RAM, 2 disk drives [9]
Mycron 2000 [3] 1981 [10] Intel 8086 CP/M-86; MP/M-86 One of the first Intel 8086 based computers;[ citation needed ] multiple CPUs in one cabinet. Weight of 8 kg and 38 cm size. [11]
Mycron BC1984 80186 MP/M, CP/M, MS-DOS 384kb RAM, 2 x 3,5" 400kb disk drive, 10Mb hard drive   [10]
Mycron 20(tbd) Intel 80186 MP/M 384KB RAM, 3.5" 400KB disk drive, 11MB hard drive [12]  
Mycron 200(tbd)(tbd) CP/M-86 640KB RAM, 8" 1MB disk drive, 20MB hard drive [12]  
Mycron 2200(tbd) Intel 8086 (multiple) MP/Net 640KB RAM per CPU, 8" 1MB disk drive; 20-84MB hard drive, 20MB tape drive options [12]  
Mycron 300(tbd)(tbd)(tbd) 

References

  1. ↑ "Computers and Peripheral Equipment, Norway". U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. August 3, 1983.
  2. ↑ "Prosessor". digitaltmuseum.no.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mycron 1". tecnotopia.com.mx.
  4. ↑ "Prosessor". digitaltmuseum.no. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  5. ↑ "MYCRO-1 Microcomputer Reference Data Book 1 V.1.2". A/S MYCRON. August 3, 1976.
  6. ↑ "epocalc – Computer models database". epocalc.net.
  7. ↑ "CPU History -Antique Computers and the CPU in them". cpushack.com.
  8. ↑ "MYCRO-1. The MYCRO-1 was a microcomputer manufactured and sold by Mycron of Oslo, Norway. Built around the Intel 8080 CPU, it was one of the first commercial si". ww.en.freejournal.org.
  9. ↑ "Edb-utstyr og edb-personell ved universitetet i Tromsø, 1984" (PDF). munin.uit.no.
  10. 1 2 "Computer-Archiv – Mycron". computer-archiv.de.
  11. ↑ "Die Welt, 1984, Germany, German" – via Internet Archive.
  12. 1 2 3 "Mycron Datasystemer product overview brochure" (Document). Mycron Datasystemer. 1984.


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