{"id":1062,"date":"2014-07-07T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2015-09-29T10:59:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T15:59:45","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-quasar-hand-held-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/1062\/retro-scan-of-the-week-quasar-hand-held-computer","title":{"rendered":"[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Quasar Hand-Held Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Quasar<\/a>“One Picture is Worth a Thousand Numbers”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve never used or seen a Quasar Hand-Held Computer<\/a> in person, but I am a big fan of the similarly-sized TRS-80 Pocket Computer<\/a>, which I’ve written about a number of times on this site.<\/p>\n

According to this ad, one of the unique features of the Quasar HHC was that you could hook it up to a large color monitor if you had the right expansion accessory. That reminds me of the TRS-80 Model 100 Disk\/Video Interface<\/a>. Pretty cool. I bet the software that utilized that feature was extremely rare, though. I’d love to see it in action.<\/p>\n

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\nSee Also:<\/strong> BASIC in your Pocket (RSOTW, 2009)<\/a>
\nSee Also:<\/strong> Asimov’s Pocket Computer (RSOTW, 2011)<\/a>
\nSee Also:<\/strong> Sharp Pocket Computer (RSOTW, 2013)<\/a><\/p>\n

[ From Popular Computing – December 1982]<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

Discussion Topic of the Week:<\/strong> What’s the smallest pre-year 2000 computer you’ve ever owned?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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