22 Sep
2003
22 Sep
'03
12:34 a.m.
Chris and Joe:
I would like to express my interest in the NorthStar software, with this
added little problem: the Horizon I have (free from a ham fleamarket) came
with very little: no drives, one bootable disk, original owner's binder and
some ACCPAC documentation. The drives were no problem, since the hardware
accepted PC-leftover drives without issue.
The bootable 5-1/4" floppy I carefully stored in such a safe place I can't
find it anymore. I presume it's NDOS - I know it's not CP/M. I'm running
Word- and CalcStar on my Kaypro, and I'm presuming that the -Stars you folks
have are also CP/M applications... So a bootable N*CP/M disk would be
essential to let me get the olde beast back on its feet/wheels/whatever.
I'm located in Southern Ontario, Canada (Toronto region), and I'm willing
to finance travel arrangements for disks and books - they're probably
lighter than the computer itself! Let me know if you can help me out.
If not, anybody local interested in a used NorthStar Horizon? I'm already
running:
Osborne-1 (not doing much since it was the Vancouver TurboBBS 1984-86),
Kaypro 2-84 (general purpose terminal, floppy format converter and Ladder
game),
OSI Superboard (6502 development base for homebrew box),
Amstrad PPC512 (packet radio terminal),
6502 homebrew (house watcher, soon to learn X-10),
Sharp PC-1211 (BASIC calculator),
Macintosh (another free box, previous owner wiped everything, including
Netscape)
and two '486 PeeCees...
(I don't have spare room for non-working boxen :-)
Regards, Bob
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:23:03 -0400
From: chris <cb(a)mythtech.net>
Subject: FS: NorthStar Software
I found a black boxed set of NorthStar software. The box it marked
InfoStar System, with three binders in it, DataStar, ReportStar, and
ReportStar Reference Manual.
It appears to be complete, manuals and software. I'm guessing
it is some
kind of database and reporting system. I don't know exactly
what it is as
it has been years since I've even had a NorthStar computer.
Its available if anyone wants it. Just send me any offer over
the cost of
shipping (must be higher than shipping cost... basically, I've got no
spare time to do things for free).
If it doesn't sell here, I'll try it on ebay, and then it goes to the
dumpster.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:38:41 -0400
From: Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
Subject: Re: FS: NorthStar Software
...
These are companion products to WordStar. They use wordstar
files and are
used for keeping databases and generating reports. There are
a couple of
othe related products; Mail-Merge and CalcStar (IIRC).
Keep in mind that these are HARD SECTORED floppy disks! I
don't think
they're readable on any system except those that have a NS
disk system.
I have a couple of NIB NS WordStar packages around here
somewhere. If no
one else wants them I'll add these to the collection.
Joe
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