---
title: SOLID STATE TECHNOLOGY Athena
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1979'
cpus:
- Intel 8085
params:
  name: Athena
  image: /media/museum/photos/solidstatetechnology_athena_1.jpg
  company: /companies/solid-state-technology
  company_name: SOLID STATE TECHNOLOGY
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Athena
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Solid State Technology
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: U.S.A.
  - label: YEAR
    value: ? 1979
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Unknown
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full-stroke keyboard
  - label: CPU
    value: Intel 8085
  - label: SPEED
    value: Unknown
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Unknown
  - label: RAM
    value: Unknown
  - label: VRAM
    value: Unknown
  - label: ROM
    value: Unknown
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: Unknown
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: Unknown
  - label: COLORS
    value: Unknown
  - label: SOUND
    value: Unknown
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Unknown
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: 5.25'' disk drives (320 KB)
  - label: OS
    value: Unknown
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in power supply
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Unknown
  - label: PRICE
    value: 35000 FF HT (France, 1980)
  forum_thread: 1091
  oc_id: 1121
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230128071906/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1121
    date: '2023-01-28'
---

Little is known about this obscure professional computer.

The Athena used a true multi-tasking OS that enabled single keystroke application switching. It also incorporated intelligent distributed multiprocessing into perpherial interfaces.

The machine and OS were developed by an MIT graduate and conceived by Solid State Technology from Boston. The Athena is based on a 8085 Intel chipset. Sold with a monochrome monitor and 5.25'' disk drives (320 KB each), it has also a printer (150 characters/s, 80 col.) built-in the case.

Several programming languages were available : compiled BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, PASCAL and APL.

Fewer than one thousand of these machines were produced. The company never gained viability.

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