NorthStar Horizon
Description | |
Manufacturer | NorthStar |
Model | Horizon |
Date Announced | 1977 |
Date Canceled | Early 1980s |
Number Produced | Tens to hundreds of thousands |
Country of Origin | USA |
Price | $2,400 assembled with two drives |
Current Value | $50-$250 |
Specifications | --- |
Processor | Zilog Z-80 |
Speed | 4 MHz |
RAM | 16-64K |
ROM | Unknown |
Storage | |
Expansion | 12 slots |
Bus | S-100 |
Video | |
I/O | Parallel, Serial |
OS Options | CP/M, NorthStar DOS |
Notes | Northstar started out by selling very popular 5.25" disk subsystems for a variety of S-100 machines. They eventually put together a box of their own. |
Related Items in Collection | Original manuals, software including WordStar, CP/M, NorthStar DOS and more. |
Related Items Wanted | Additional software. |
There are currently two NorthStar Horizons in my collection and both are very complete with all of the original documentation, software and more. Both machines have the wooden covers which made these machines very distinctive in their day.
One machine contains a variety of cards including an old video card while the other is more standard and intended for use with a dumb terminal. Both machines work flawlessly.
Additional photos will follow as time permits.