Cromemco

Cromemco was a Mountain View, California microcomputer company known for its high-end Z80-based S-100 bus computers in the early days of the personal computer revolution. The Cromemco Cyclops was the first digital camera, and the Cromemco Dazzler was the first color graphics interface available for personal computers. The company began as a partnership in 1974 between Harry Garland and Roger Melen, two Stanford Ph.D. students. The company was named for their residence at Stanford University. Cromemco was incorporated in 1976. In December 1981 Inc. Magazine named Cromemco in the top ten fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S.