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+---
+title: Cromemco C10
+categories:
+- Computers
+types:
+- Professional Computer
+origins:
+- U.S.A.
+years:
+- '1982'
+cpus:
+- Z80-A
+params:
+  name: C10
+  company: /companies/cromemco
+  company_name: Cromemco
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: C10
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Cromemco
+  - label: TYPE
+    value: Professional Computer
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: U.S.A.
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: September 1982
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: None
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Full-stroke 61 keys
+  - label: CPU
+    value: Z80-A
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: 4 Mhz
+  - label: RAM
+    value: 64 KB
+  - label: ROM
+    value: 24 KB
+  - label: TEXT MODES
+    value: 80 chars. x 25 lines
+  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
+    value: None
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: Monochrome. 12'' green CRT
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: Beeper
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: Second F.D. unit, Parallel and Serial ports
+  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
+    value: External 390 KB 5.25'' F.D. unit
+  - label: OS
+    value: CDOS - CP/M
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: Built-in Power supply unit
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: No extensions capabilities
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: $1785
+  tabs:
+  - adverts
+  adverts:
+  - title: FIRST C-10 AD
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: February 1983
+    image: null
+  comments:
+  - author: Jerry Lopez (Alabama/USA)
+    date: Saturday 10th December 2011
+    text: |-
+      I worked for Cromemco just before the\
+      C10 was introduced. I ourchased one\
+      and used it for a few years.\
+      It had one Z80 cpu to run both the\
+      video and the computer part.\
+      It was shipped to run CDOS,\
+      Cromemco''s version of C/PM.\
+      Of course it could also run C/PM.
+
+      It was used as a smart standalone\
+      terminal and used with the larger\
+      S-100 bus machines that ran CROMIX\
+      the Unix look a like by Cromemco.
+  - author: CRAIG
+    date: Wednesday 20th July 2011
+    text: At the time they were banking on a contract to sell the c-10 to the us post office.
+  - author: Pete Fenelon (UK)
+    date: Monday 29th December 2003
+    text: |-
+      It was very difficult to tell what Cromemco were trying to achieve with the C10. They'd made their name as a vendor of beautifully-engineered S-100 "crate" systems with excellent graphics boards available, and then came out with this stunted little terminal-lookalike with no graphical abilities at all - just at the point that CP/M was dying.
+
+      The good point was that the build quality was, by the standards of the day, superb - it was much nicer to use than (say) a Superbrain. It really seemed to be in competition with the Xerox 820, although its relatively low-profile looks probably made it a slightly easier sell into executive/professional environments than the horrible boxy 820...
+
+      But what it was missing was Cromemco's wonderful colour graphics....
+  oc_id: 638
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230604043552/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=638
+    date: '2023-06-04'
+---
+
+The C-10 is Cromemco's only attempt to step in the market of personal and family oriented computers.
+
+The goal was to compete with [Apple II](/museum/apple-ii/)'s and [IBM PC](/museum/ibm-pc-model-5150/)'s in small businesses as they started getting equipped with computer systems.
+
+This standard CP/M based system featured a 12'' screen housing a single motherboard, without extension capabilities (no S-100 bus), a keyboard and floppy drive.
+
+The CDOS operating system (a CP/M variant) came with several business software tools (spreadsheet, word processor, BASIC language).