Heathkit H-8
| Description | |
| Manufacturer | Heath/Zenith |
| Model | H-8 |
| Date Announced | 1977 |
| Date Canceled | Unknown |
| Number Produced | Tens to hundreds of thousands |
| Country of Origin | USA |
| Price | $375 in kit form and up |
| Current Value | $50-$500 |
| Specifications | --- |
| Processor | Intel 8080 |
| Speed | 2 MHz |
| RAM | 4K - 64K |
| ROM | 1K-4K |
| Storage | |
| Expansion | 8 slots |
| Bus | Heathkit Proprietary |
| Video | |
| I/O | Serial. Optionally Parallel |
| OS Options | HDOS, CP/M |
| Notes | The Heathkit H-8 was an early entry into the personal computer market. It was more like the Altair and Imsai systems of the day then the more complete Apple, Commodore and Radio Shack entries. The machine consisted of a power supply and a number of slots into which processor, RAM and IO cards were plugged. The user interface was the front panel which consisted of a small LED display and a 16 key keypad for data entry. Typically a terminal and disk drives were added to make the machine far more useful. |
| Related Items in Collection | H17 and H37 disk drive subsystems, some manuals, some software. |
| Related Items Wanted | Additional software, manuals, etc. |
The H-8 in my collection hasn't yet been fully evaluated but it does run and appear to try and boot the floppy drives. Look for updates and photos here as time permits.