Floppies_only
Veteran Member
Gang,
It looks like somebody is attempting to resurrect the IMSAI computer by designing an S-100 computer with a Z80 processor and a USB adaptor to scan the programmer's switches and light the L.E.D.s. Here's the website:
http://www.imsai.net/products/imsai_series_two.htm
It looks like the project is going pretty slow. I am excited by the prospect of a computer that has flashing lights (anybody remember "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea"?) but I suspect that the learning curve required for me to get an old IMSAI running is too steep.
I was wondering if anybody could point me to books that I could buy on the used market at Amazon.com that would let me see what you could do with an IMSAI.
I think that it would be cool to write USENET posts with a word processor on one and then transfer the info to a computer connected to the internet. Keep in mind that it's not unheard of for me to take a couple of hours to write a good post. Sometimes several days.
Anybody?
Thanks,
Sean
P.S.: Could anybody tell me what kind of terminals used to be used with S-100 computers, and what (if any) disk drives?
It looks like somebody is attempting to resurrect the IMSAI computer by designing an S-100 computer with a Z80 processor and a USB adaptor to scan the programmer's switches and light the L.E.D.s. Here's the website:
http://www.imsai.net/products/imsai_series_two.htm
It looks like the project is going pretty slow. I am excited by the prospect of a computer that has flashing lights (anybody remember "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea"?) but I suspect that the learning curve required for me to get an old IMSAI running is too steep.
I was wondering if anybody could point me to books that I could buy on the used market at Amazon.com that would let me see what you could do with an IMSAI.
I think that it would be cool to write USENET posts with a word processor on one and then transfer the info to a computer connected to the internet. Keep in mind that it's not unheard of for me to take a couple of hours to write a good post. Sometimes several days.
Anybody?
Thanks,
Sean
P.S.: Could anybody tell me what kind of terminals used to be used with S-100 computers, and what (if any) disk drives?