20 Jun
1997
20 Jun
'97
3:46 a.m.
On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Tim Shoppa wrote:
Building an IMSAI (or a TIMSAI, for that matter) is
straightforward,
but not something you do just on the spur of the moment. There's
many days of work in laying out the PC boards (it would certainly
have helped if I had a PC-board-specific CAD system when I was laying
out the front panel and motherboard of the TIMSAI!) and a substantial
amount of sheet metal work in cutting, punching, and bending
the chassis parts and the cover. I wouldn't have even considered
the project had I not had access to professional PC-board etching
facilities and a fully equipped sheet metal shop.
I know - this will be something I do in Electronics class next year.
While everyone else makes an oscillator or something stupid, I'll build
an Imsai!