New PC in classic chassis

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:07 PM


> 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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Correct, they are building a true retro computer based on the 8 bit EZ80. 
Once the chassis is manufactured it makes sense to market the same chassis 
to other uses.

The chassis is manufactured to be a replacement of the original Imsai 8080 
chassis where it has mounting holes for the original linear PS-28 
power-supply, original S100 backplane, etc as well as capable of mounting a 
current PC.

If someone has a missing cover on their old chassis I assume the current 
cover can be used as a replacement etc.

There are several markets available, it supports a classic environment and I 
think it's a great idea.


Randy
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