Collectables? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Nov 2005

...
 Ah, IMS and IMSAI are not the same people.  I have a
number of IMS boards
and they were also a s100 systems supplier, decent stuff too. 

IMS Corp.     >>> IMS
IMS Asoc Inc  >>> IMSAI 
Ah (he echos) - I hadn't clued into this either, but yes, there are two
IMSs (confused the heck out of me the first time I ran into IMS (corp.)
boards) - this makes sense (I also had not heard of IMS (IMSAI) making
Altair 4-slot backplane boards).

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 Two different companies.  IMS was a bit later time
frame and did produce 
upgrades for Altair.  In fact just about everyone produced upgrades of 
one form or another.  Typically backplanes, power supplies, RAM, CPU and
of course FDC were often seen. About the only part not commonly upgraded 
in an Altair was the front pannel though that could be done as well. 
Really? I don't recall ever seeing a third-party front panel on an Altair
(at least not a commercially produced one) - who made one, and are there
any links to photos anywhere?

Regards,
Dave
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