13 Nov
2005
13 Nov
'05
2:46 a.m.
On 11/12/2005 at 9:30 PM Allison wrote:
Two different companies. IMS was a bit later time
frame and did produce
upgrades for Altair. In fact just about everyone produced upgrades of
one form or another. Typically backplanes, power supplies, RAM, CPU and
of course FDC were often seen. About the only part not commonly upgraded
in an Altair was the front pannel though that could be done as well.
...and if memory serves, for a time IMS also offered trade-in deals for
owners of MITS 8800 systems. Having used (but not owned) both, I liked the
IMSAI a lot better as regards quality of construction than the MITS.
Eventually all of my cards wound up in an Integrand Systems no-blinking
lights box with a many-slot actively-terminated motherboard. But I still
have the MITS box.
Cheers,
Chuck