From: "Steven Edwards"
<chessnotation(a)mac.com>
Greetings to the list:
It looks like the IMSAI Series Two (the "S2") is nearing its first
production run. (See
http://imsai.net/ and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/imsaiusergroup/)
I've ordered one of these as a replacement of sorts for the IMSAI 8080
I assembled back in 1976 but managed to, uh, "lose" in the early 1980s.
It's been a long time since I've had a chance to fool around with a
machine equipped with a real front panel.
I had thought I'd seen about every S-100 machine ever made, but I
recently came across a net reference to the Ithaca Intersystems DPS-1.
It looks almost identical to the IMSAI 8080 except that the DPS-1 front
panel is styled more in the way of Digital's later PDP models. I note
that the DPS-1 PSU is somewhat different from the IMSAI 8080, but other
than that. the internals seem to be very similar.
So, are there any other IMSAI 8080 fans on the list?
Hi
I have one that I fixed the front panel, a number of bad RAMs,
and added an extra RAM card to bring it to 64K. I then read the
ROM's in the disK controller ( state machine, not uP ) and
figured out how to format, read and write disk. I then wrote
my own BIOS and combined it with the CP/M I got from the net.
Ya, there are a few IMSAI fans here. I'll have to admit, I'm
not overly excited about the IMSAI series two but I do wish
them the best of luck.
Dwight