S-100
Words by Frank Hayes
TTTO Bonny Ship the Diamond


When I was young my friends all worked like fools to get their share
Of an S-100 system like the ASI or Altair
Oh, the S-100's still around, I'm very glad to say
But friends I'm here to tell ya, it ain't the same today

	And it's cheer up, me lads,
	Let your hearts never fuss,
	When you're integrating systems
	For the S-100 bus.

To tell the truth the source of all our troubles seems to be
A committee on computers of the I of triple E
They settled on a standard spec, 696 by name
Now everything is standardized but nothing works the same

	And it's cheer up, me lads,
	Let your hearts never fuss,
	When you're integrating systems
	For the S-100 bus.

They say the 80 boards are way too slow. It's enough to give you fits
If the oh 9 isn't fast enough then go to 16 bits
68 and z8000 and an 86 as well,
And code compatibility goes straight to bloody hell

	And it's cheer up, me lads,
	Let your hearts never fuss,
	When you're integrating systems
	For the S-100 bus.

Then add a board for the modem line and one for every port
And a printer board and a keyboard board and as a last resort
For every problem we will add a board that has the cure
It's not too damned efficient, but it's a mother that's for sure

	And it's cheer up, me lads,
	Let your hearts never fuss,
	When you're integrating systems
	For the S-100 bus.

And when it's all assembled there's computer to your collar
It's nice to have a micro, but a mainframe would be smaller
And when they turn the power on it's sure to dim the lamps
At plus and minus 16 volts and 14 hundred amps.

	And it's cheer up, me lads,
	Let your hearts never fuss,
	When you're integrating systems
	For the S-100 bus.

	And it's cheer up, me lads,
	Let your hearts never fuss,
	When you're integrating systems__
	For the S-100 bus.