- The S-100 bus or Altair bus, IEEE 696-1983 (withdrawn), is an early computer bus designed in 1974 as a part of the Altair 8800. The S-100 bus was the first industry standard expansion bus for the microcomputer industry. S-100 computers, consisting of processor and peripheral cards, were produced by a number of manufacturers. The S-100 bus formed the basis for homebrew computers whose builders (e.g., the Homebrew Computer Club) implemented drivers for CP/M and MP/M. These S-100 microcomputers ran the gamut from hobbyist toy to small business workstation and were common in early home computers until the advent of the IBM PC.
- Fomalhaut (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
FOMALHAUT (Alpha Piscis Austrinus). This wonderful first magnitude (1.16, ranking 18th) star of northern-hemisphere autumn, usually pronounced “fo-ma-low,” slides slowly in lonely grandeur above the southern horizon (as seen from the north) during the months of October and November.