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echo: classic_computer
to: BOB ACKLEY
from: BOB KLAHN
date: 2010-07-19 12:40:28
subject: The Computer Retrochallen

BA> 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?

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

 It's older than the TRS-80.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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