Mycron


Mycron was a pioneer manufacturer of microcomputers, located in Oslo, Norway.
Originally named Norsk Data Industri, the company was founded in 1975 by Lars Monrad Krohn, who was also one of the founding fathers of Norsk Data. Among the employees are Arne Maus and Gisle Hannemyr.
The company was renamed MySoft in 1999.

Computers manufactured by Mycron

MYCRO-1 was an Intel 8080 machine, running the MYCROPoperating system. Afterwards the Mycron 3 was developed, running CP/M. The Mycron 1000 featured a Zilog Z80 processor and ran MP/M. In 1981, the Mycron 2000 was released, based on an Intel 8086 CPU, running CP/M-86 and MP/M-86 operating systems.
ModelYearCPUOperating systemNotes
MYCRO-11975Intel 8080MYCROPFirst single-board computer
Mycron 3Zilog Z80CP/M
Mycron 1000Zilog Z80MP/M64Kb RAM, 2 disk drives
Mycron 20001981Intel 8086CP/M-86; MP/M-86One of the first Intel 8086 based computers; multiple CPUs in one cabinet. Weight of 8 kg and 38 cm size.
Mycron BC198480186MP/M, CP/M, MS-DOS384kb RAM, 2 x 3,5" 400kb disk drive, 10Mb hard drive
Mycron 20Intel 80186MP/M384KB RAM, 3.5" 400KB disk drive, 11MB hard drive
Mycron 200CP/M-86640KB RAM, 8" 1MB disk drive, 20MB hard drive
Mycron 2200Intel 8086 MP/Net640KB RAM per CPU, 8" 1MB disk drive; 20-84MB hard drive, 20MB tape drive options
Mycron 300