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I bought an Imsai8080 replica from https://thehighnibble.com/imsai8080/ https://thehighnibble.com/imsai8080/ I had a really nice time building the kit, toggle s
by carlos 6y ago
I bought an Imsai8080 replica from https://thehighnibble.com/imsai8080/ https://thehighnibble.com/imsai8080/
I had a really nice time building the kit, toggle switches and display leds look exactly like original ones. Internally is an emulation of the IMSAI 8080 based on the ESP32 microcontroller
- redis_mlc 6y agoWhat kinds of things do you plan to do with it?
- carlos 6y agoBasically have fun playing around with it in the same way as with a real IMSAI8080... As an example look at this video on how to enter and run a small assembler program using the switches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYNAMKPBSFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYNAMKPBSFI
- tyingq 6y agoNoting you can also hook up a console and use it like any other CP/M machine...run WordStar, Zork, etc.
- wazoox 6y agoYou may also find a more faithful replica of the Altair 8800 here https://altairclone.com/ https://altairclone.com/ though admittedly the IMSAI with its big coloured toggles is much more eye-catching.
- tyingq 6y agoLess faithful replica of the Altair, but much more affordable: https://www.adwaterandstir.com/altair/ https://www.adwaterandstir.com/altair/ There's also a very affordable (< $100, including the needed Arduino DUE) workalike that pops up on eBay every now and again...I bought one: https://imgur.com/a/qntqSMG https://imgur.com/a/qntqSMG
- madengr 6y agoA few pics of my Altair mini build here. The kits seems no longer available. https://rfpoweramp.com/ https://rfpoweramp.com/
- madengr 6y agoI bought one of those too. Probably finish up the build this weekend.