North Star Horizon

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Thu May 14 21:32:47 1998

<> NS* were setup with 16-62k of ram. There were three common OSs run on
<> them NS*dos(nothing like PC dos), CP/M-80, there was also UCSD pascal
<> P-system. I believe NS*dos reached at least V5.4. They didn't not use
<> a monitor or keyboard as a terminal was commonly used.
<
<While agreeing 100% with what you say, is there any reason why you
<couldn't put one of the many S100 video boards into an NS* and plug a
<monitor into that You'd probably still need a terminal for text I/O, but
<I can't see why you can't have a separate graphics display as well.

Typical NS* was set up that way. That was not to say they were configured
with an assortment of third party cards. Mine never had a NS* ram card
from 1978 on, already had Seals and PT 8kx8 on hand. Also used a PT
VDM-1 until I got an H19 a few weeks later. No doubt over time most any
combination of cards made it in to a NS* crate. It was a good crate for
upgrading and mods.

Allison
Received on Thu May 14 1998 - 21:32:47 BST