31 May
2005
31 May
'05
6:01 p.m.
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 19:25 -0500, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
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?
I mean, software-level emulation of something like an Imsai presumably
needs a few percent of the horsepower of any ATX PC.
Better still, do it in hardware but using modern parts, which at least
teaches people a bit about how the thing actually works as well as being
functional.
cheers
Jules