11 May
2001
11 May
'01
1:37 a.m.
On 11 May 2001, Iggy Drougge wrote:
Naturally, I assumed an exact replica, or at least
exact in every
sense which would matter. Selling an FPGA-based Imsai to you would be
silly, but apparently this Imsai is built in the very same way as they
were in the 70s. OTOH, I can't help but think that the manufacturer is
I think you are referring to the Mark-8 kit being sold on eBay here, not
the IMSAI-2.
being a bit dishonest, since he's deliberately
using (if I've been
following this correctly) chips with datestamps from the 70s. That
ALso, the kit is being sold with just the boards, and the buyer needs to
find the properly date-stamped chips to build it.
would mean that he actually thinks of age as something
important,
instead of just using whatever chip he most easily could get. OTOH, if
you're choosing an old Imsai over a new one, you're essentially
collecting dust.
No, you're collecting something historic, which is what we as collectors
have deemed computers from that era.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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