New find: Headstart Explorer

From: Mark Gregory <gregorym_at_cadvision.com>
Date: Wed Apr 11 15:20:02 2001

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 2:23 PM
Subject: RE: New find: Headstart Explorer


> Headstart had a cd to load it with and most people neither have the CD
nor
> do they have the boot floppy for the cdrom. I retored one back to factory
> load about 3 yrs ago but I've since lost all ties with where the
Headstart
> links have gone.
>

Russ, are you sure we're talking about the same computer? 8088-based XT
clone by Vendex? CD drives were pretty expensive in the mid-to-late 1980s,
and it wasn't at all common for software to come on a CD. Additionally, I
didn't see anything like a CD-ROM connector when I took the beast apart.

Maybe you're thinking of a [Compaq,Dell,Gateway] "Headstart" program, where
the OS and software (usually MS-Works) were pre-loaded at the factory, as
an aid to newbies?

Cheers,
Mark.
Received on Wed Apr 11 2001 - 15:20:02 BST