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1947 Heathkit ad featuring the 5-inch oscilloscope. Oscilloscope OL-1 from 1954, the company's first with a relatively small 3-inch CRT which allowed for a highly competitive price of US$ 29.50 (equivalent to $335 in 2023) for the DIY kit. [1] Heathkit is the brand name of kits and other electronic products produced and marketed by the Heath ...
Heathkit's H8 is an Intel 8080A-based microcomputer sold in kit form starting in 1977. The H8 is similar to the S-100 bus computers of the era, and like those machines is often used with the CP/M operating system on floppy disk.
HERO (Heathkit Educational RObot) is a series of several educational robots sold by Heathkit during the 1980s. The Heath Company began the HERO 1 project in October 1979, with the first release in 1982. [1] Models include the HERO 1, HERO Jr., and HERO 2000. Heathkit supported the HERO robot line until 1995.
The Heathkit H11 Computer is an early kit-format personal computer introduced in 1978. It is essentially a Digital Equipment PDP-11 in a small-form-factor case, designed by Heathkit . The H11 is one of the first 16-bit personal computers , at a list price of US$1,295, [ 2 ] (equivalent to $6,050 in 2023) but it also requires at least a computer ...
The Zenith Z-89 is based on the Zilog Z80 microprocessor running at 2.048 MHz, and supports the HDOS and CP/M operating systems. The US$2295 Z-89 is integrated in a terminal-like enclosure with a non-detachable keyboard, 12-inch monochrome CRT with a 80x25 character screen, 48 KB RAM, and a 5.25" floppy disk drive.
HDOS is an early microcomputer operating system, originally written for the Heathkit H8 computer system and later also available for the Heathkit H89 and Zenith Z-89 computers. The author was Heath Company employee Gordon Letwin , who later was an early employee of Microsoft and lead architect of OS/2 .
And as an added note on the highly regarded, exceptionally well-written Heathkit assembly manuals, it was said that a group of Japanese businessmen on a tour of the Heath Company's facility at St. Joseph in the early '70's, were openly shown everything the factory had to offer -- except the company's Manuals Department, which Heath management ...
Pages in category "Heathkit computers" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Benton Harbor BASIC; H.