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Seequa Chameleon: Dual-CPU IBM & CP/M Compatibility in 1983
Uncover the innovative dual-CPU architecture of the Seequa Chameleon, a pivotal machine that bridged the CP/M and MS-DOS eras with its unique approach to IBM PC compatibility.
The Seequa Computer Corporation was a Maryland-based IBM PC-Compatible manufacturer that truly showed how to get an IBM PC for only 1995. The trick? They're the same computer! While Compaq had the portable PC compatible that history remembers, the Seequa Chameleon has an intertwined story with an innovative hardware design that helped define early PC compatibility. With an 8086, a Z80, and early reverse-engineered IBM PC BIOS, the Chameleon offered a bridge between the CP/M past and MS-DOS future.