Altairs (was RE: Collector Article)

From: Daniel A. Seagraves <dseagrav_at_bsdserver.tek-star.net>
Date: Fri Jun 20 10:46:01 1997

On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> Building an IMSAI (or a TIMSAI, for that matter) is straightforward,
> but not something you do just on the spur of the moment. There's
> many days of work in laying out the PC boards (it would certainly
> have helped if I had a PC-board-specific CAD system when I was laying
> out the front panel and motherboard of the TIMSAI!) and a substantial
> amount of sheet metal work in cutting, punching, and bending
> the chassis parts and the cover. I wouldn't have even considered
> the project had I not had access to professional PC-board etching
> facilities and a fully equipped sheet metal shop.

I know - this will be something I do in Electronics class next year.
While everyone else makes an oscillator or something stupid, I'll build
an Imsai!
Received on Fri Jun 20 1997 - 10:46:01 BST