Classic Hardware

[NPaladin]

Just wondering, but does or did anyone own an Altair or an IMSAI computer? I've always wanted to crack one open and take it for a spin.....

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[AlienDyne]

I'd love to take an Altair for a spin too, but I was just a baby when it was first released!

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[This message has been edited by AlienDyne (edited December 11, 2000).]

[NPaladin]

Originally posted by AlienDyne:
I'd love to take an Altair for a spin too, but I was just a baby when it was first released!

Hey, I wa barely born at the time! (1975) I'd still like to mess with one.

*visions of putting a GeForce2 Ultra on an S100 bus.... *


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Bryan Pizzuti
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[LORE]

I'm only 23, I have never seen one, I have an old 2600 atari thought???!!!


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[AlienDyne]

Originally posted by LORE:
I'm only 23, I have never seen one..

Well, this is it:


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[This message has been edited by AlienDyne (edited December 11, 2000).]

[furlong47]

Heres an IMSAI 8080, with lots of pics of the innards: http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/imsai.html


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[LORE]

Originally posted by AlienDyne:
Well, this is it:

I guess that clears that up. Thanks for the pic