Tom: on That is excellent! In the IMSAI's heyday, I wasn't aware of the

elegance of the S100 machines (I'm 32 now, so I was about 14 in 1981).

of my computing focus at the time was the micros: Commodore, Tandy, and Apple, which is what I used in school. I didn't become interested in computers that pre-date the micros until about 3 years ago when I began collecting in earnest. I started with some

the micros which I grew-up on, and then expanded to others, including my only S100 machine, a Northstar Horizon. My collection still includes many micros, but also some SBCs, workstations, and a PDP11. I also belong to an on-line group of collectors who share history, folklore, collecting and repairing tips for these machines. FWIW, what I'd like to see is a 25th Anniversary IMSAI 8080 Kit. Price point: about $500. This would give those of us who have not had the experience of building a true computer kit the opportunity to do so. I'll be anxiously watching your site. Good luck. [ Rich Cini/WUGNET [ ClubWin!/CW7 [ MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking [ Collector of "classic" computers [ http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ [ http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/pdp11/ <---------------------------- reply separator ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Fischer &lt;amrock(a)cwo.com&gt; To: Richard A. Cini, Jr. &lt;rcini(a)msn.com&gt; Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 10:48 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Pre-history of Digital Research after > >F-F > >> owned it? In all that I have read, IMSAI's history ended at F-F. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> [ Rich Cini/WUGNET > >> [ ClubWin!/CW7 > >> [ MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking > >> [ Collector of "classic" computers > >> [ http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ > >> [ http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/pdp11/ > (snip) > Hello Richard, > > Nancy and I retreated to Orangevale California (near Sacramento) in

> 1984 to preserve our shrinking assets and enjoy a more idyllic country > style life. We continued support and sales until 1986 when my

> and design talents took me into other ventures. IMSAI remained dormant > until a few months ago when the collectability issues and perceived

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