On Flames and Mailing lists, and a bit about

From: Marty <Marty_at_itgonline.com>
Date: Thu Mar 19 16:46:29 1998

 Allison, thanks for the reply. I am hoping to get full docs from the
 previous owner (which should answer most technical questions) but am
 very interested in learning about the history of the company itself. I
 read everything I can find on early microcomputer companies and find
 it fascinating reading.
 
 Thanks again-
 
 Marty Mintzell


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Subject: Re: Re[2]: On Flames and Mailing lists, and a bit about
Author: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 3/19/98 5:30 PM


 < Vintage computer: I just became the custodian of a NorthStar Horizon
 < sporting four (count 'em) massive 64KB ram boards. Giving breath to
 < those memory boards is a four port serial board, a floppy controller
 < driving a 5 1/4" full height floppy drive, and a ST-506 interface hard
 < drive controller driving a hdd which I don't as yet have identified.
 < Of course it is powered by a Z-80A workhorse. This baby also sports a
 < lovely brushed aluminum front panel and I believe is one of the later
 
 They are good workhorse s100 machines.
 
 < production model Horizons as it has a red led on the front panel (the
 < Horizons I've seen in the old Byte Magazines from the late 1970's
 < don't have an led pictured).
 
 They all did, only the proto didn't.
 
 
 < Does anybody have any details on the history of NorthStar? I would
 < appreciate any ideas on where I might reseach their history.
 
 I built mine in early 1978 and it's celebrating it's 20th year! What do
 you need to know. Northstar* is long gone. The hardware refuses to die.
 
 Allison
 
 
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