New PC in classic chassis was Re: IBM 5155 analogue display fault

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On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 19:25 -0500, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
> > What's funny is that Imsai (Todd Fischer & Howard Harte) is developing a
> > line of computers that includes a modern PC running an emulator in a classic
> > looking case (all new nothing classic destroyed).
> >
> > They have a chassis that is an upgrade from the original Imsai 8080, it
> > accepts ATX style guts and a Front panel with all the flashing lights &
> > switches that ties into an emulator ;-)
>
> Why? I don't mean why do it at all, because it's a cool enough thing to
> do, by why use a full-blown ATX PC? Isn't that going to make the final
> thing rather expensive and overkill for the task that the thing needs to
> do?

Because it's also intended to be a useful work machine, not just a repro
IMSAI.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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