witting@utopia.rutgers.edu (Paul K Witting) (06/27/89)
Help! I am in need of a terminal emulator for a Northstar. I have Crosstalk but it doesnt seem to emulate a term. If you have one, know of one, or even could tell mne how to go about writing one, please e-mail. Also, what the hell is the 8/16 Northstar? Is it an IBM compatible or does just run a 16 bit CPM? Inquireing minds want to know. paul
keithm@wicat.UUCP (Keith McQueen) (06/29/89)
In article <Jun.26.23.12.55.1989.885@utopia.rutgers.edu> witting@utopia.rutgers.edu (Paul K Witting) writes: > >Help! I am in need of a terminal emulator for a Northstar. I have Crosstalk >but it doesnt seem to emulate a term. If you have one, know of one, or even >could tell mne how to go about writing one, please e-mail. > I may have one, but I would have to check. If you have a Northstar Advantage, it already emulates a terminal (codes are Beehive/Soroc type, I have them somewhere -- give me a call). >Also, what the hell is the 8/16 Northstar? Is it an IBM compatible or does >just run a 16 bit CPM? > In the early days of 8086, Northstar experimented with it by creating 8088 boards for the Advantage (and I think for the Horizon, but don't quote me on it). The Advantage board would run generic MS-DOS, but was not PC compatible. I still own an Advantage, and have the Technical Reference manual for it. I never owned one of the 8/16 boards. If you have a serious need, give me a call and I'll try to help. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Keith McQueen, Wicat Systems Inc. , (801)224-6605 | My opinions are | | N7HMF @ NV7V (84058), 147.34+, 449.675- | all mine... | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
vaso@mips.COM (Vaso Bovan) (06/30/89)
In article <413@wicat.UUCP> keithm@wicat.UUCP (Keith McQueen) writes: >>Also, what the hell is the 8/16 Northstar? Is it an IBM compatible or does >>just run a 16 bit CPM? >> > >In the early days of 8086, Northstar experimented with it by >creating 8088 boards for the Advantage (and I think for the >Horizon, but don't quote me on it). The Advantage board >would run generic MS-DOS, but was not PC compatible. > That experiment just about ruined the company. I was an employee at the time. Management pushed this "semi clone" against the advice of senior engineers, who wanted NorthStar to develop a true clone, or to work on other proprietary designs. So much time and resources was spent on this kluge board that NorthStar could not meet the growing IBM/DOS threat effectively. From then on NorthStar was doomed.