Morrow’s Micro-STUFF
The Keyed-Up 8080

	A Morrow micro-stuff Model S rev 0 8080A CPU & S-100 OCTAL front panel
	The CPU is a ceramic National Semi 8080A
	Closeup of the logo, keyboard and 7 segment displays. The keys are for Stop Mode Examine Deposit
	Even the PCB rear is neat and clean

George Morrow produced a number of S-100 products throughout the S-100 era,
first under the "Morrow's Micro-Stuff" brand name,
then "Thinker Toys" or "ThinkerToys", and later as Morrow Designs.
One early product was this very pretty OCTAL-based front panel, "The Keyed-up 8080".

MORROW'S MICRO STUFF

The largest incubator of microcomputer people was the Homebrew Computer Club, an organization that grew out of Bob Albrecht's People's Computer Company and Community Computer Center run by Fred Moore in Menlo Park, California. He had the idea that it would be a good idea for computer enthusiasts to get together to exchange news and ideas, and so, using the mail lists of PCC, he put out a call for such a meeting. The first was held in March of 1975, in a garage belonging to Gordon French. This evolved into the Homebrew Computer Club, which grew rapidly until several hundred people were attending meetings, and even spawned a San Francisco branch which actually met in Berkeley .

George Morrow, a graduate student in mathematics, became interested in microcomputers and with two friends, Chuck Grant and Mark Greenberg, formed a sort of company to make boards for the Altair. However, Morrow had his own ideas of what he wanted to do, and the group split. Morrow went on his own way, and Grant and Goldberg formed Kentucky Fried Computers, which became North Star Computers.

The first project George Morrow built was a combination 8080 CPU board and front panel board for either the Altair or Imsai. This board had a keypad on it, and it was used for programming the computer in place of the switches and lights used by both the Altair and the Imsai.