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title: Smoke Signal Chieftain Computers The Chieftain 9822
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1982'
cpus:
- Motorola 6809
params:
  name: The Chieftain 9822
  image: /media/museum/photos/chieftain_9822_1.jpg
  company: /companies/smoke-signal-chieftain-computers
  company_name: Smoke Signal Chieftain Computers
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: The Chieftain 9822
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Smoke Signal Chieftain Computers
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: U.S.A.
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1982'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: 5.25'' or 8'' floppy disk drives, hard disk (4 to 60 MB)
  - label: CPU
    value: Motorola 6809
  - label: RAM
    value: 64 Kb (upgradable to 1 Mb)
  - label: OS
    value: OS9
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: PSU built-in
  tabs:
  - adverts
  forum_thread: 1303
  adverts:
  - title: US ADVERT (APRIL 1982)
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  oc_id: 1338
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608091903/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1338
    date: '2023-06-08'
---

In 1978, Smoke Signal Chieftain Computers (SSCC) released their first computer: The Chieftain, followed in 1980 by the Chieftain Business System, an update to the original Chieftain.

At the start of 1982, the company introduced the Chieftain 9822, an update to the Business System featuring the same processor and static RAM options, as well as the same nine-slot bus equipped with the first two Chieftains.

The system could be equipped with either two 8-inch or two 5.25-inch floppy drives and Winchester hadr drives with a capacity between 4 MB to 60 MB. This Chieftain spanned two units: one for the disk drives, the other for the processor, memory, and disk controller.

Purchasers could choose either an updated version of DOS-68 for the Motorola 6809—its name now shortened to Smoke Signal DOS—or Microware's multi-tasking, multi-user, "Unix-comparable" operating system, OS-9. Smoke Signal DOS was free of charge, while OS-9 cost an additional US$195. A system configured with Smoke Signal's choice of dumb terminal and printer cost around US$8149. The Chieftain's two units could be mounted under a desk or stacked on top of each other.

Here are some configurations advertised in april 1982:

\- The Chieftain 95W4: 4 MB hard disk + 360 KB 5.25'' floppy disk drive\
\- The Chieftain 98W15: 15 MB hard disk + 1 MB 8'' floppy disk drive\
\- The Chieftain 95XW4: 4 MB hard disk + 750 KB octo-density floppy disk drive\
\- The Chieftain 9W15T20: 15 MB hard disk + 20 MB tape streamer

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