where they both had lived as graduate students. The MITS Altair was an immediate success, and this provided an opportunity for Cromemco to develop other products.

The next product developed by Melen was a color graphics interface for the Altair, called the "Dazzler". The Dazzler appeared on the front cover of the February 1976 issue of Popular Electronics. Melen and his team developed a series of other products culminating in the introduction of complete computer systems based on the Zilog Z80