North Star Horizon

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_wco.com>
Date: Sat May 16 16:07:37 1998

On Sat, 16 May 1998, Desie Hay wrote:

> many of the cards inside it arom from an Altair if my memory is correct...
> A VDM -1? i think thats whats its called...anyway in the manual for this

VDM-1 is a Processor Technology board.

> video card it has the source code for the programmng code for a Altair and
> IMSAl mechines....
> only around 30,000 of these fine mechines where ever built so i would say
> that they are very rare these days....

Let's not throw around the word "rare" so easily. 30,000 is a lot of
machines. Many people on this list have one or more Horizons (I have two
myself). They are uncommon for sure, but I wouldn't consider them "very
rare". Over time they will become "rare", but as of now they don't yet
qualify.

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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