1 Nov
1999
1 Nov
'99
2:43 p.m.
The same thing was "wrong" (meaning that it irritated me and offended my
sense of how things should be) as with the N*, in that they used memory
space I wanted to use. Consequently, I never seriously used, nor did I ever
promote them. It was no big deal, but at the time I thought that it was.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Dameron <ddameron(a)earthlink.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: Northstar Horizon
At 10:52 PM 10/31/99 -0700, Richard wrote:
>There certainly were a few vendors whose systems were as much off-center
as
>the N*. Just take a look at Vector Graphics'
systems, for example. I
once
owned a couple
of those, with their memory-mapped video refresh memory.
What was wrong with their "flashwriter", at least for that time, late
1970's? It was very similar to the Processor Tech's "VDM", and cost a
whole
lot less than a text VDU. You could move its location in memory if desired,
but had to have matching drivers.
-Dave