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To: seth thomas who wrote (10136)	4/1/1998 11:41:00 AM
From: Mark Finger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14631

>>Roger and the other founders were working for a long defunct UNIX >>hardware company called Cromemco. Interesting note: Cromemco came >>from the name of the dormitory at Stanford where those founders >>lived (didn't include Roger). The dorm was called Crothers Memorial >>Hall, and of course, the cool people who lived in it called it >>CroMem. Hence, Cromemco. Cromenco was actually one of the early S-100 systems companies, starting in 1976 or 1977. They initially produced add-in boards (memory, I/O, video) for some of the other S/100 computers (like the Altair), then brought out their own computer. During the late 70's, they concentrated on CP/M computers. I think that part of the problem Roger had with them was that he wanted more emphasis on Unix (because CP/M simply did not have enough support for anything more than a very small business). The problem with Cromenco (according to Roger) was that they were hobbyists than businessmen. As the big boys (IBM, Xerox, DEC, ...) started marketing computers, they quickly drove out the companies like Cromenco that did not have enough capital or business sense.