December 1975 · Computer or hardware
IMSAI 8080 (1975)
The first clone of the Altair 8800, with an S-100 bus and 22 slots. Released December 1975 at $439 as a kit or $621 assembled.
Released December 1975. Between 17,000 and 20,000 were made before IMSAI went bankrupt in 1979. It was featured in the film WarGames.
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Facts
- Date
- December 1975
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: S-100 microcomputer
- Maker or publisher
- IMS Associates
- CPU
- Intel 8080
- CPU speed
- 2 MHz
- Expansion slots
- 22 (S-100)
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- MITS Altair 8800 (competitor, 1974)
- Intel 8080 (ran on, 1974)
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