17 Nov
2001
17 Nov
'01
11:02 p.m.
jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
That $2K for Imsai is the supply and demand fostered
by clueless but
greedy people who wanted to make this a collection stuff as a cash
cow than simply using it and fixing it and play with it, that
latter is amirable, former is frowned upon. Also Imsai is buggy and
botched up box. There's better built and properly designed S-100
boxens to play with.
Well the whole S-100 bus was a mess for the longest time.
As reminder IMSAI is back in business at http://www.imsai.net/
Here you can get parts for your classic 8080 computer or
a new 20MHZ Z80 S-100 bus computer for around $1K. Why pay $2k
for a 2 MHZ 8080 when you can get a 20 MHZ version for half the
price. :)
Ben Franchuk.
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