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{{Short description|Norwegian microcomputer company}}
{{Infobox company |
|  logo   = Mycron_AS_logo.gif
|  name   = Mycron
|  type   = [[Private company]]
|  foundation     = 1975
|  location       = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
|  area_served    = 
|  key_people     = [[Lars Monrad Krohn]]
|  num_employees  = 
|  industry       = [[Information technology]] 
|  products       = [[Computers]], [[Operating Systems]] 
|  services       = 
|  revenue        = 
|  homepage       =
}}

[[File:Mycro-1.jpg|alt=Picture of the Mycro-1 with a portable computer running a terminal emulation software to connect to the Mycro-1|thumb|Mycro-1 connected to a terminal emulation program. It greets the user with the message: MYCROP V.2.8 (Z)]]
'''Mycron''' was a pioneer manufacturer of [[microcomputer]]s, located in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lkq1ddAhb9sC&q=Mycron+computer&pg=PA10|title=Computers and Peripheral Equipment, Norway|date=August 3, 1983|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration}}</ref>

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]] (1986–89) and [[Gisle Hannemyr]].
The company was renamed '''MySoft''' in 1999.

==Computers manufactured by Mycron==
'''MYCRO-1''' was an Intel 8080 machine, running the ''MYCROP''operating system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitaltmuseum.no/011024223803/prosessor|title=Prosessor|website=digitaltmuseum.no}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tecnotopia.com.mx/computadoras/mycron_1.htm|title=Mycron 1|website=tecnotopia.com.mx}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Prosessor |url=https://digitaltmuseum.no/011024223803/prosessor |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=digitaltmuseum.no |language=en}}</ref> 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]].

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|-
| ''Model''   || ''Year''    || ''CPU''      || ''Operating system'' || ''Notes''
|-
| [[MYCRO-1]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JXspzQEACAAJ|title=MYCRO-1 Microcomputer Reference Data Book 1 V.1.2|date=August 3, 1976|publisher=A/S MYCRON}}</ref>   || 1975<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.epocalc.net/php/liste_models.php?texte=mycron&look=All+fields&yearmax=2025&nocomp=pc|title=epocalc – Computer models database|website=epocalc.net}}</ref>      || [[Intel 8080]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpushack.com/antique-computers.html|title=CPU History -Antique Computers and the CPU in them|website=cpushack.com}}</ref> || MYCROP       || First [[single-board computer]] (SBC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amp.ww.en.freejournal.org/194425/1/mycro-1.html|title=MYCRO-1. The MYCRO-1 was a microcomputer manufactured and sold by Mycron of Oslo, Norway. Built around the Intel 8080 CPU, it was one of the first commercial si|website=ww.en.freejournal.org}}</ref>
|-
| Mycron 3      || (tbd) ||  [[Zilog Z80]]  || [[CP/M]] || &nbsp;
|-
| Mycron 1000<ref name="auto"/>   || (tbd)         || [[Zilog Z80]]  || [[MP/M]]     || 64Kb RAM, 2 disk drives<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://munin.uit.no/bitstream/handle/10037/6126/report.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=Edb-utstyr og edb-personell ved universitetet i Tromsø, 1984|website=munin.uit.no}}</ref> 
|-
| Mycron 2000<ref name="auto"/>  || 1981<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.computer-archiv.de/comp0677.htm|title=Computer-Archiv – Mycron|website=computer-archiv.de}}</ref> || [[Intel 8086]] || [[CP/M|CP/M-86]]; [[MP/M|MP/M-86]] || One of the first [[Intel 8086]] based computers;{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}<!-- SCP shipped S-100 bus based 8086 systems in November 1979 already. See also: [[Intel 8086#Microcomputers using the 8086]] --> multiple CPUs in one cabinet. Weight of 8&nbsp;kg and 38&nbsp;cm size.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/DieWelt1984GermanyGerman|title=Die Welt, 1984, Germany, German|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|-
| Mycron BC || 1984         || [[80186]]  || MP/M, CP/M, [[MS-DOS]]    || 384kb RAM, 2 x 3,5" 400kb disk drive, 10Mb hard drive &nbsp;<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| Mycron 20 || (tbd) || [[Intel 80186]] ||  [[MP/M]] || 384KB RAM, 3.5" 400KB disk drive, 11MB hard drive<ref name="products84">{{Cite document|title=Mycron Datasystemer product overview brochure|publisher=Mycron Datasystemer|date=1984}}</ref>&nbsp;
|-
| Mycron 200 || (tbd) || (tbd) ||  [[CP/M-86]] || 640KB RAM, 8" 1MB disk drive, 20MB hard drive<ref name="products84"/>&nbsp;
|-
| Mycron 2200 || (tbd) || [[Intel 8086]] (multiple) || [[MP/M|MP/Net]] || 640KB RAM per CPU, 8" 1MB disk drive; 20-84MB hard drive, 20MB tape drive options<ref name="products84"/>&nbsp;
|-
| Mycron 300 || (tbd) || (tbd) ||  (tbd) || &nbsp;
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.computer-archiv.de/COMP0677.HTM Computer-Archiv – Mycron]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031030111856/http://home.no.net/mycron/bilder.htm Mycron image collection]

[[Category:Computer companies of Norway]]
[[Category:Defunct companies of Norway]]
[[Category:Defunct computer hardware companies]]
[[Category:Defunct computer systems companies]]
[[Category:Computer companies established in 1975]]
[[Category:1975 establishments in Norway]]


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