<An important thing to remember is that the Original IMSAI sold for almost
<$1000. SO even though a new Pentium II 400 is only $1000 with all the bell
<and whistles there is a cost savings due to selling hundres of thousands o
<the thing. An IMSAI kit maybe a few hundred or so.<
Doing an Imsai would be expsnsive as finding the parts would be costly.
Many arent made or are such low volume (100pin connector for sure) that
it isn't going to be cheap.
For example the backplane 18 slots (or was it 22) roughly 13"x18" two sided
in quantities of 100, I'd bet that would be a $100 right there. Even in the
S100 heyday $49 was cheap (no connectors or anything else).
Allison
Received on Sat Mar 20 1999 - 12:45:07 GMT