Things I need for the system to get it running again:

• A tapedrive

  • DEI CMTD-3400

• A harddisk

  • A Control Data Corporation FINCH drive (CDC 9410-24 or CDC 9410-32)

  • The so called FINCH adapter board

  • or

  • A SMD Controller for the S8000 and a SMD harddisk (which is even more unlikly to happen)

• Software

  • The ZEUS Operating System tape cartridge

  • The diagnostic tape cartridge

  • any other software

• Other

  • (empty)DC300XL QIC cartridges

• weblog: S8000 adventures

• Zilog S8000 pictures

• Zilog S8000 documentation

  • books (PDF)

    • System 8000 Models 21 Plus/31 Plus - Hardware Reference Manual (04/84)

    • System 8000 - Hardware Reference Manual (12/82)

    • System 8000 Central Processing Unit - Hardware Reference Manual (09/82)

    • System 8000 - ZEUS Administrator Manual (10/83)

    • DEI Tape Drive 3447

    • CDC Finch 24MB Harddisk - Brochure

    • CDC Finch 24MB Harddisk - Specification

    • Zilog System 8000: Challenging The Minies (found on 1000bit.it)

• Zilog S8000 circuit diagrams

  • LED display (frontpanel)

  • ZBI Backplane

  • CPU board

  • 1MB Memory Array

  • FINCH Adapter Board

• miscellanous stuff

  • EPROM images

• inventory