**RARE** "Altair-like" HP1000 minicomputer K00L K00L Vintage! <grin>

From: Charles P. Hobbs <transit_at_primenet.com>
Date: Mon Jun 7 21:47:28 1999

On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Tony Duell wrote:

> >
> > Now that's the SECOND time I've seen someone list an HP1000 on Ebay calling
> > it an "Altair-like HP1000".
>
> Can you please enlighten me as to how an HP1000 is like an Altair?

Uuuh . .. it has front panel switches just like an Altair? (Although in
the picture on the auction site, this machine looks more like an IMSAI to
me, than an Altair . . .)

Has anyone heard of the HP1000 anyway, at least in a home/hobbyist
context? It looks more like an industrial-type computer to me, something
that would have never seen the inside of most private homes, unlike the
Altair or IMSAI. . .
Received on Mon Jun 07 1999 - 21:47:28 BST