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North Star Horizon
Introduced: 1977
Price: $1599 kit, $1899 assembled
CPU: 4MHz Zilog Z80
Computers such as the North Star Horizon and Cromemco Z-2 mark the golden age of the S-100 bus. Both companies successfully marketed their computers for scientific, academic, and industrial applications, and here and there these computers could be found operating years after other computers of this generation were retired to garages and basements. The Horizon featured a full set of software applications and could run CP/M, North Star DOS, and even a multi-user operating system called OASIS.
Price: $1599 kit, $1899 assembled
CPU: 4MHz Zilog Z80
Computers such as the North Star Horizon and Cromemco Z-2 mark the golden age of the S-100 bus. Both companies successfully marketed their computers for scientific, academic, and industrial applications, and here and there these computers could be found operating years after other computers of this generation were retired to garages and basements. The Horizon featured a full set of software applications and could run CP/M, North Star DOS, and even a multi-user operating system called OASIS.
Related Links
Lee Felsenstein and the Homebrew Computer Club
Links to information on the club and one of its most prominent members.
Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member
Bob Lash remembers what it was like when computers were new.
NorthStar Horizons
From the DigiBarn Computer Museum.
Links to information on the club and one of its most prominent members.
Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member
Bob Lash remembers what it was like when computers were new.
NorthStar Horizons
From the DigiBarn Computer Museum.
Northstar Horizon, 360 degree view 
North Star Horizon is currently on display in the Rise of the Machines section of the STARTUP Gallery. Click on the map to explore the whole gallery.
