{"id":1138,"date":"2015-07-27T14:38:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T19:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2015-09-29T10:59:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T15:59:29","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-vector-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/1138\/retro-scan-of-the-week-vector-1","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"retro_color\">[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Vector Graphic Vector 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/vector_graphic_vector1_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/vector_graphic_vector1_small.jpg\" alt=\"Vector Graphic Inc. Vector 1 computer system advertisement - 1977\" class=\"retroscan\"\/><\/a><span class=\"freecaption\"><em>NOW AVAILABLE IN RUST<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Vector 1 (1977) was the first complete computer system sold by Vector Graphic, Inc., a California-based firm founded by Lore Harp (now McGovern), Carole Ely, and Bob Harp in August 1976.<\/p>\n<p>The Vector 1 included an Intel 8080A or Zilog Z80 CPU, and it utilized the S-100 bus introduced by the Altair 8800.  In an unusual nod to aesthetics, the Vector 1 shipped in two case color options: green or &#8220;rust,&#8221; which was Vector&#8217;s name for orange.  It retailed for for $849 fully assembled (about $3,288 today when adjusted for inflation) or $619 as a kit.<\/p>\n<p>It just so happens that I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3047428\/how-two-bored-1970s-housewives-helped-create-the-pc-industry\" target=\"_blank\">an article about the history of Vector Graphic<\/a> for FastCompany recently.  You may enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p><center><em>[ From Byte Magazine, February 1977, p.61]<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Topic of the Week:<\/strong> Have you ever owned an S-100 based computer?  Tell us about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOW AVAILABLE IN RUST The Vector 1 (1977) was the first complete computer system sold by Vector Graphic, Inc., a California-based firm founded by Lore Harp (now McGovern), Carole Ely, and Bob Harp in August 1976. The Vector 1 included an Intel 8080A or Zilog Z80 CPU, and it utilized the S-100 bus introduced by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,27,26,10],"tags":[185,1147,150,1149,1150,113,1152,1148,979,88,1145,1151,60,263,1144,1143,239,1146],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-info-and-history","category-regular_features","category-retro-scan-of-the-week","category-computers","tag-185","tag-1147","tag-advertisement","tag-altair-8800","tag-bob-harp","tag-byte","tag-carole-ely","tag-cpu","tag-fastcompany","tag-freelance-work","tag-intel","tag-lore-harp","tag-retro-scan","tag-s-100","tag-vector-1","tag-vector-graphic","tag-z80","tag-zilog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}