Northstar Horizon

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun Oct 31 14:38:19 1999

< Well I'm trying to rebuild an Altair but it's ending up with mostly N*
<parts! So far it has a N* disk controller and it's getting a N* CPU card
<(when I get it finished.) I have quite a bit of N* application software
<that I've bought over the 'net. Looks like it's going to be a N* in an
<Altair's skin! I'll be needing some memory and I/O cards and other stuff
<after I get the CPU working. I know I need some N* operating system disks

Not an unusual config for altairs in the late '70s. Altair disks were about
4x the price of the NS* (MDS-A) one and it was smaller too.

Allison
Received on Sun Oct 31 1999 - 14:38:19 GMT

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