Welcome to the Centurion Computer wiki!

The Centurion was an 8-bit minicomputer designed and built by Warrex Computer Corporation, headquartered in Richardson, Texas. The company operated from the mid 1970's into the mid 1980's, delivering approximately 1000 computers to customers in Texas, Oklahoma, and others. The computers were used for accounting and other business functions in medium sized companies.

The Centurion was made of almost entirely TTL MSI logic on a handful of PC boards in a single rack. Earlier models relied on magnetic core memory, later models used MOS memory up to 256 kB. It was technologically similar to the DEC PDP 11 or Data General Nova, but smaller and lower priced. Competition from lower cost microcomputers, particularly the IBM XT and AT in the 1980's, led to decreased sales and the end of the line.

Additional Information

The large majority of the information presented here has been discovered through the help of an amazing team of retired Centurion employees and brilliant enthusiasts working together on the Discord chat server. Check out the link below for an invite to the server and notable messages that provide deeper insight into the history and inner workings of the Centurion.

• Discord Messages

Links

More information about the computer and the company who built it is available below:

• Company - History, known dealers, timeline
• Hardware - Schematics, CPU architecture
• Software - Operating system, programming
• Peripherals - Drives, printers, terminals
• Emulators - Several open source emulators exist