At 18:07 12/11/2005 -0800, you wrote:
Let me be clear on the IMS backplane--it's not a
12-slot model, but a
4-slot version. It appears to be factory-engineered this way and a glance
at the rails in my Altair 8800 appears to say that this was intended for
incorporation into a MITS box and not the IMS box. Connection is obviously
the MITS wire-by-wire method, not the IMS edge connector.
I hadn't realized that IMS made add-ons for the MITS boxes, but here you
have one.
Ah... I hadn't realized that. I assumed it was a 22-slot backplane from an
IMSAI 8080 - I was going to pull apart the IMSAI and check the number...
Both of my 8800's have 12 slots installed, so I could still use the board,
although chances are I wouldn't actually install it (neither Altair is full,
and 16 slots would be pushing it anyway for the 8800's power supply). Let
me know what you want for it, and if reasonable, and nobody else has a better
use we can talk further.
[I suppose with the front-panel, and the right cards (CPU, 64K RAM, disk and
serial I/O in three cards) I could build a "very short" IMSAI with it - it
would even be kinds cute]
Regards,
Dave
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