Stearns Desktop Computer
- Released
- May, 1983
- Discontinued
- 1984
- Operating System
- MS-DOS, ST-DOS, Concurrent CP/M
- Acquired
- December, 2024
In repair.
This computer seems to be a rarity, and I'm incredibly intrigued. The company hails from my home, Minneapolis, and it seems to be a better vision of the IBM PC. It has an 8086 instead of an 8088, a set of proprietary 16-bit slots, has a great layout inside, a fairly attractive outside (at least once I remove the rust), and seems really solid. I'm not sure what happened to Stearns, but this seems like one heck of an opening volley from them.
Motherboard P/N 0220003-000 Rev X2
Motherboard Assy 0900003-000 Rev _
This Machine
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Intel 8086 at 8 MHz
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896K RAM (expanded from 128K), expansion 0900021-000 Rev B
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Stearns 0020013-000 Rev C Monochrome graphics expansion, 80x26 text or 640x208 graphics
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Ports:
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9 pin video out and 9 pin serial printer via expansion card
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25 pin RS-232 serial backed by the Intel 8251 USART
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Expansion:
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5 proprietary 16-bit slots
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1 8-bit ISA slot
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Images
Resources
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BOM of ICs, connectors, and components (ongoing)
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Creative Computing, September, 1984 (text summary / PDF)