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echo: classic_computer
to: bob klahn
from: Bob Ackley
date: 2010-07-18 06:57:28
subject: The Computer Retrochallen

Replying to a message of bob klahn to BOB ACKLEY:

 >>>> If it has to do with having the oldest functioning microcomputer, I
 >>>> have a  NorthStar Horizon that may fit the bill.

 bk>  Is that older than a Mod I TRS-80?

Dunno when the TRS-80 came out.  The Horizon dates from 1976-77, 8080
CPU chip.  It uses the S-100 bus.  It's a clone of the Altair, without the
switches and lights on the front.

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