Fw: Pre-history of Digital Research

From: Steve Robertson <steverob_at_hotoffice.com>
Date: Sat Mar 20 11:05:30 1999

> This web site is worth a visit. It seems to imply that as time allows,
> they're going to publish documents on the web, and perhaps even produce
more
> of their old product line.

Yep.. That's what I got from the site.

I don't own an IMSAI (yet) and certainly don't feel like paying $2000 for
one. This could provide a viable alternative. Personally, I prefer to build
a new one, using old technology, than to deal with a kit someone else built
25 years ago. Of course the components and methods would have to remain
true to the original.

The tenative price of $500 seems awfully high to me. After all, it's not
like there is a lot of R&D involved, the components aren't exactly
cutting-edge, and to some extent the markets are already established.

This would certainly drive down the prices of the originals. For most of us
that would be a good thing. If anyone has one that they want to unload
before the bottom drops completely out, let me know ;-)

Steve Robertson <steverob_at_hotoffice.com>
Received on Sat Mar 20 1999 - 11:05:30 GMT