31 May
2005
31 May
'05
6:07 p.m.
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
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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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?