
Information
Last revision of this page: January 25, 2025

I have only listed the most important chapters (in my opinion) below.
- Once Upon a Time in Computerland at Archive.org
- West
- Miracles
- The Note
- Fire in the Valley at Archive.org
- The Voyage to Altair
- The Miracle Makers
- Homebrew
Technical Manuals
In the user manual you will find: cabinet, motherboard, power supply, cpa, mpu, ram, sio and pio.
- IMS: IMSAI 8080 Microcomputer System, User Manual, 1976
- IMS: IMSAI 8080 Microcomputer System, User Manual, 2002
- CPA: IMSAI Front Control Panel, 2002
- CPU: IMSAI MPU-A, User Manual, 2002
- RAM: IMSAI RAM 4, 1975
- RAM: IMSAI RAM 4A, 2002
- MB: IMSAI Motherboard, 2002
Engineering Change Orders (ECO)
- CPA Programmers Front Panel Engineering Change Orders, Thomas Fischer, 2004
- CPA Programmers Front Panel Engineering Change Orders, Thomas Fischer, 2008
Schematics
- ALL: IMS/IMSAI, original from Manual, 1976/77
- PS-C: Tranex 4-3751 Transformer, Manual, 5/75
- CPA: Front Control Panel, IMS, 02/27/1976
- CPA: Front Control Panel, IMSAI, 08/1978
- CPA: Front Control Panel, Josh Bensadon, 2014
- MPU: Processor Board, Josh Bensadon, 2012
- RAM: IMSAI RAM 4A-4, Josh Bensadon, 2012
Brochures, Catalogs
- The Microcomputer System that's easy to take, 197?
- The Complete Microcomputer System, Jan 1976
- The Complete Microcomputer System, Feb 1976
- The Complete Microcomputer System, Aug 1976
- Short Form Catalog, Fall 1977
Others
- Public Action, 10/24/1979, scans of Mark Goldstein
- Notice of Trustee's Sales, 11/06/1979, scans of Mark Goldstein
- Ross Millbourne: IMSAI 8080 Restoration for The Centre For Computing History at Cambridge, UK., January 19, 2020
- Computer Notes: Ed Roberts makes a comparison between ALTAIR and IMSAI, 1976, 01-11, page 3
Videos
- Youtube - Maker Melissa's Lab: Building the IMSAI 8080 Replica (High Nibble)
- Youtube - Ross Millbourne: IMSAI 8080 - Restoration for The Centre For Computing History
- Have you ever seen an unassembled (NOS) IMSAI kit? Have a look at here: NOS IMSAI 8080 - Part-1 - Unboxing and Inspection - RTR100
- The High Nibble
External Links
- S-100 Computers: A web site for S-100 bus computer owners - IMSAI
- Herb Johnson: IMSAI
- Herb Johnson: S-100
- Parastream: IMSAI Vintage Microcomputers Awesome
References
My Series About the IMSAI 8080
--> Go to Part 0: Information
--> Go to Part 1 : Restoration (1) - Restoration (2) - Restoration (3)
--> Go to Part 2 : History
--> Go to Part 3 : Front Panel
--> Go to Part 4 : Emulator
--> Go to Part 5 : PSU
--> Go to Part 6 : The High Nibble
--> Go to Part 6 : RAM (of my North Star series)
--> Go to Part 7 : S-100 (of my North Star series)
--> Go to Part 8 : Capacitors (of my North Star series)