31 May
2005
31 May
'05
6:25 p.m.
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:07 PM
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
Correct, they are building a true retro computer based on the 8 bit EZ80.
Once the chassis is manufactured it makes sense to market the same chassis
to other uses.
The chassis is manufactured to be a replacement of the original Imsai 8080
chassis where it has mounting holes for the original linear PS-28
power-supply, original S100 backplane, etc as well as capable of mounting a
current PC.
If someone has a missing cover on their old chassis I assume the current
cover can be used as a replacement etc.
There are several markets available, it supports a classic environment and I
think it's a great idea.
Randy
www.s100-manuals.com
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 19:25 -0500, Randy
McLaughlin wrote:
Because it's also intended to be a useful work machine, not just a repro
IMSAI.
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http://marketplace.vintage.org ] What's funny is that Imsai (Todd Fischer
& Howard Harte) is developing
a
line of computers that includes a modern PC running an emulator in a
classic
looking case (all new nothing classic destroyed).
They have a chassis that is an upgrade from the original Imsai 8080, it
accepts ATX style guts and a Front panel with all the flashing lights &
switches that ties into an emulator ;-)
Why? I don't mean why do it at all, because it's a cool enough thing to
do, by why use a full-blown ATX PC? Isn't that going to make the final
thing rather expensive and overkill for the task that the thing needs to
do?