Wouldn't you like an Oscar for a superb performance

Here's an advert for yet another Z80A-based, S-100 CP/M system, from Interactive Data Systems (IDS) of Milton Keynes.

At least this time the advert admits as such, suggesting somewhat understatedly that there were "several" other computers on the market resembling it.

However, apart from perhaps a slightly better design than the usual offering - built from "structural foam", apparently - it is hard to get away from its me-too specification.

It was neat though, as the motherboard with its six S-100 expansion slots was hidden away in the monitor housing.

An Oscar with dual floppy drives retailed for £2,495 plus VAT, or around [[2870|1981]] in [[now]].