18 May
2009
18 May
'09
7:12 p.m.
Lol!!!
I just checked e-bay for what is being asked of an IMSAI-8080 that is not fully tested, no
floppy drives and from what I can tell only has one board
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IMSAI-8080-S100-Low-S-003878-NEC-8080A-Works_W0…
They are asking near $4000.00
So whomever takes my offer will be getting a gem for of a system at a bargain price of
$2000.00
Anyway you have until Wednesday morning until I place it on e-bay.
Later people..
Michael Hart
Trader Kiosk
201-290-3796
michael at traderkiosk.com
imsaicollector at yahoo.com
I, the unwilling, was led by the unqualified, to do the unbelievable for so long with so
little, that I attempted the impossible with nothing......"
--- On Mon, 5/18/09, Michael Hart <imsaicollector at yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Michael Hart <imsaicollector at yahoo.com>
Subject: IMSAI 8080 for sale....
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 3:00 PM
Hi all
?? Those of you who know me, know that I have a rule that basically make me attempt to get
rid of stuff that I have not used after a certain period of time.
?? I have a second fully functional IMSAI-8080
(http://www.michael-george-hart.com/computerscience/imsai8080-z80.html) that has been
sitting around doing nothing since completed my last IMSAI-8080 project
(http://www.michael-george-hart.com/computerscience/imsai8080-8088.html)
?? Given my other S-100 projects, ALTAIR 8800b repair and restoration, and porting LINUX
to my CS-250 I don't foresee really doing anything with this particular IMSAI-8080 for
at least another year to two years maybe as much as three years from now.
?? I have had this IMSAI-8080 since 1996/1997, which I got from a Electronic
parts/component store. The store used it to maintain their inventory along, mail, billing
etc from about 1975/1976 until it simply stopped working. (That was the story told to me.)
It sat in their store from the day it stopped working until I came across it in 1996/1997.
I made some simple repairs to the memory and its been working since that time.
?? The only issue with it is there are some minor alignment problems with the between the
floppy drives. Other than that the system has always booted without issue.
?? The person who purchase the system from me will get all the manuals for all the boards
in the system and the floppy drives. Also to be included is the IMSAI-8080 Manual and a
number of IMSAI-8080 period related fliers. I will be sending the 50 or so floppies that
originally came with the system when I first took possession of it .
? Again this is a fully functional IMSAI-8080 in near mint condition.
http://www.michael-george-hart.com/image/s-100/imsai-1/dsc02565.jpg
http://www.michael-george-hart.com/image/s-100/imsai-1/dsc02567.jpg
http://www.michael-george-hart.com/image/s-100/imsai-1/dsc02572.jpg
I am looking to get $2000. If no one is interested I will put it on e-bay and see what the
market tolerate. I think that my price is a good deal consider the crap that I see people
paying $1600 to $2500 on e-bay for systems that don't even work or can boot into
CP/M-80
I intend to place the system on e-bay Wednesday morning is no one here gives a my expected
price.
Let me know if you are interested
Michael
Michael Hart
201-290-3796
michael.george.hart at gmail.com
PS.
?? The total weight is about 100lbs. I will probably have to ship everything I mentioned
above in 5 different boxes. You pay for shipping cost.
If possible I would prefer whomever purchases the system come an pick it up the system so
they can confirm the functionality to their satisfaction for themselves. I still don't
trust UPS/FedEx or USPS for safely get the system no matter how well I pack the system.
18 May
18 May
7:46 p.m.
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Michael Hart <imsaicollector at yahoo.com> wrote:
Lol!!!
I just checked e-bay for what is being asked of an IMSAI-8080 that is not fully tested,
no floppy drives and from what I can tell only has one board
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IMSAI-8080-S100-Low-S-003878-NEC-8080A-Works_W0…
They are asking near $4000.00
One may always ask. Getting is another thing entirely (that having
been said, a year ago, it's probably quite likely they would get it -
now, I'm not so sure),
But it has a "White Ceramic Processor"! Surely that justifies the
asking price ;-)
So whomever takes my offer will be getting a gem for
of a system at a bargain price of $2000.00
I figured $2K was something of a deal, but the 8080A isn't one of the
systems I'm aggressively pursuing (but I wouldn't turn away a rescue
;-)
I was a bit young for S-100 the first time around (I was bumming time
on the free PETs at the main library since I couldn't afford any sort
of computer at home), so I have no nostalgic attachment to the
platform. I happen to have a slightly newer, off-brand S-100 box to
play with (a rescue), that doesn't happen to have a front panel, but
that's fine with me.
Somebody on the this list is probably keen to pick up a real IMSAI, though.
-ethan
8:10 p.m.
On Mon, 18 May 2009, Michael Hart wrote:
Lol!!!
I just checked e-bay for what is being asked of an IMSAI-8080 that is
not fully tested, no floppy drives and from what I can tell only has one
board
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IMSAI-8080-S100-Low-S-003878-NEC-8080A-Works_W0…
They are asking near $4000.00
So whomever takes my offer will be getting a gem for of a system at a
bargain price of $2000.00
Anyway you have until Wednesday morning until I place it on e-bay.
Speaking as someone who has sold a few IMSAIs on Ebay, here's my take on
it. $2000 for a known-working IMSAI-8080 with peripherals is a very good
deal. I sold a machine with a CPU and a defective memory board (noted
that fact on the auction page) for $1700. With all the goodies you're
tossing in, it's a steal.
Regarding shipping something like that? I've found that the best way to
do it is get a roll of bubble wrap with the 1-inch-across bubbles. Wrap
the thing with enough to turn it into a marshmallow. Put that in a box
with at least six inches of clearance all the way around, then fill with
styrofoam peanuts. I've done this with IMSAIs, Altairs, and an AT&T 3b1
-- no troubles reported.
Anyhow, I'm not interested as I already have my dream IMSAI. My storage
unit can't take much more. Someone, please give that machine a good home.
--
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10:41 p.m.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180357914217
Looks like that one was a steal.
--
Golan Klinger <gklinger at gmail.com>
Dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.
11:44 p.m.
Golan Klinger wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180357914217
Looks like that one was a steal.
No drives... Floppy controller clearly untested... No boot
or other floppy disks... The only verification of "works"
is that the lights changed when the seller played with the
switches.
19 May
19 May
4:16 p.m.
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:10 PM, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
Speaking as someone who has sold a few IMSAIs on Ebay,
here's my take on it.
?$2000 for a known-working IMSAI-8080 with peripherals is a very good deal.
?I sold a machine with a CPU and a defective memory board (noted that fact
on the auction page) for $1700. ?With all the goodies you're tossing in,
it's a steal.
How times change... when I started this computer collecting bug in the
early 1990s, people would just give away this stuff. "You actually
want this junk?! Here, have it!" :-)
(But I'm not at all disputing that $2000 is a good bargain now. It is!)
-Seth
4:27 p.m.
On May 19, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Seth Morabito wrote:
I'm sure the same thing happened with Model-A Fords around 1940.
Speaking as
someone who has sold a few IMSAIs on Ebay, here's my
take on it.
$2000 for a known-working IMSAI-8080 with peripherals is a very
good deal.
I sold a machine with a CPU and a defective memory board (noted
that fact
on the auction page) for $1700. With all the goodies you're
tossing in,
it's a steal.
How times change... when I started this computer collecting bug in the
early 1990s, people would just give away this stuff. "You actually
want this junk?! Here, have it!" :-) (But I'm not at all disputing that $2000 is a good
bargain now. It
is!)
Absolutely.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
4:40 p.m.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Seth Morabito <sethm at loomcom.com> wrote:
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:10 PM, David Griffith
<dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
There is definitely a geographic component to this - I started
collecting machines in the 1980s. In all that time, I've been
offered, for free or for sale, *one* plain-faced S-100 box and rescued
a set of 3 S-100 (68K Godbout) boxes from a place I was working.
OTOH, in that same timeframe and in that same place (Central Ohio),
I've been given a number of DEC machines, 12-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit
(and bought a few to fill in the gaps). If at any time someone had
offered me an IMSAI, I would have taken it, but that never happened.
The only one I've seen up close is the one that the Dayton
Microcomputer Association (DMA) used to show off in their "museum"
display at the the Computerfest.
I know there must have been a bunch of S-100 owners in Columbus over
the years, but the circles I traveled in were mostly Commodore and
Atari when I was younger, then DEC when I was a bit older. S-100
machines just weren't part of what I saw no matter what decade, so I
never was surprised not to get any offers when they did reach that
low-point in value.
I've learned lots about these machines on this list, but it's nearly
all academic - I just have the one XOR box to play on, and it only has
4 slots (front-to-back, at 90 degrees to what I've seen in most S-100
boxes), so my peripheral options are limited.
(<http://www.vintagecomputer.net/xor/>) There's still enough for CPU,
memory, disk and serial/parallel I/O, if I wanted to populate it that
way, but I'd be a bit squeezed if I wanted video, too (unless I ran
across a newer card with a combo of features). Obviously I'd need a
new enough memory card with a high enough density to be useful. An
ancient card with 21L02s wouldn't get me very far.
-ethan
Speaking as someone who has sold a few IMSAIs on
Ebay, here's my take on it.
?$2000 for a known-working IMSAI-8080 with peripherals is a very good deal...
How times change... when I started this computer collecting bug in the
early 1990s, people would just give away this stuff. ?"You actually
want this junk?! Here, have it!" :-)
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