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Thinking of buying a new desktop - opinions about this model?

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    Nish Nishant
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    Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

    Regards, Nish


    Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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      Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

      Regards, Nish


      Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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      TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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      Man, that's a blast from the past!

      #SupportHeForShe

      If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun Only 2 things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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      • N Nish Nishant

        Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

        Regards, Nish


        Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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        Lost User
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        Don't get robbed dude! Go with this[^] baby... I hear good things about the guys writing their BASIC system. They'll probably be millionaires some day.

        Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.

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        • N Nish Nishant

          Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

          Regards, Nish


          Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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          Daniel Pfeffer
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          A friend of mine used to have one of these, so here goes: 1. The advertisment displays a printer, but it's not listed in the specification. 2. The HDD is a little skimpy by today's standards. 3. Ditto for the memory. 4. Lastly, I recommend buying 4 of these, and running them in parallel so as to get true 32-bit processing. :)

          If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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          • N Nish Nishant

            Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

            Regards, Nish


            Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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            Slacker007
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            I say go for it: at 6K, you can't get a better deal these days.

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              A friend of mine used to have one of these, so here goes: 1. The advertisment displays a printer, but it's not listed in the specification. 2. The HDD is a little skimpy by today's standards. 3. Ditto for the memory. 4. Lastly, I recommend buying 4 of these, and running them in parallel so as to get true 32-bit processing. :)

              If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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              Nish Nishant
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              Excellent advice as always! :thumbsup:

              Regards, Nish


              Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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              • N Nish Nishant

                Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

                Regards, Nish


                Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                Sascha Lefevre
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                "28-Amp Power Supply" scribble.. 28A x 120V = 3360 W ... ECO class A+ !

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                • N Nish Nishant

                  Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

                  Regards, Nish


                  Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                  Kent Sharkey
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                  I don't know, man. CP/M. All the good apps run on the Apple II.

                  TTFN - Kent

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                    I don't know, man. CP/M. All the good apps run on the Apple II.

                    TTFN - Kent

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                    Nish Nishant
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                    I just feel Apple's not going to get anywhere and that the Apple II will be their final glory.

                    Regards, Nish


                    Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                      Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

                      Regards, Nish


                      Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                      Richard Deeming
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                      The Doctor prescribes a Prime[^] computer. Still can't believe he did those adverts!


                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                        I just feel Apple's not going to get anywhere and that the Apple II will be their final glory.

                        Regards, Nish


                        Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                        Kent Sharkey
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                        I don't know about that - the Lisa[^] looks awesome! It's going to revolutionize the industry!

                        TTFN - Kent

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                        • N Nish Nishant

                          Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

                          Regards, Nish


                          Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                          Roger Wright
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                          That's a beauty, Nish! Go for the full 256k if you can afford it. Yeah, I know that 64k is enough for anyone, but someday you might have kids to share with!

                          Will Rogers never met me.

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                            I don't know about that - the Lisa[^] looks awesome! It's going to revolutionize the industry!

                            TTFN - Kent

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                            Mark_Wallace
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                            The Lisa is the reason why the Apple II will be their final glory.

                            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              That's a beauty, Nish! Go for the full 256k if you can afford it. Yeah, I know that 64k is enough for anyone, but someday you might have kids to share with!

                              Will Rogers never met me.

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                              Nish Nishant
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                              Thanks Roger. I think I'll go for it.

                              Regards, Nish


                              Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                                "28-Amp Power Supply" scribble.. 28A x 120V = 3360 W ... ECO class A+ !

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                                User 11000607
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                                IMSAIs really were "big iron". Half the chassis was the power supply, a giant transformer and caps the size of beer cans. The transformer, all iron, had to weigh 20 lbs. or more. But they were reliable. I still have two of them. I used one for embedded development for over 15 years.

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                                  A friend of mine used to have one of these, so here goes: 1. The advertisment displays a printer, but it's not listed in the specification. 2. The HDD is a little skimpy by today's standards. 3. Ditto for the memory. 4. Lastly, I recommend buying 4 of these, and running them in parallel so as to get true 32-bit processing. :)

                                  If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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                                  jRaskell1
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                                  Daniel Pfeffer wrote:

                                  1. The advertisment displays a printer, but it's not listed in the specification.

                                  Not sure what spec you're referring to, but there is a 132-column dot-matrix printer in the specs listed in that advertisement.

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                                    IMSAIs really were "big iron". Half the chassis was the power supply, a giant transformer and caps the size of beer cans. The transformer, all iron, had to weigh 20 lbs. or more. But they were reliable. I still have two of them. I used one for embedded development for over 15 years.

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                                    Sascha Lefevre
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                                    That was a bit before my time but being a "hobby electronics engineer" I can imagine - you probably didn't need to turn on the radiator in that room :D

                                    Member 11034806 wrote:

                                    I used one for embedded development for over 15 years.

                                    wow!

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                                    • N Nish Nishant

                                      Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

                                      Regards, Nish


                                      Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                                      Hopsing600
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                                      I personally wouldn't pay over 5499 for that. You're not getting a good deal if you pay more than that cause the power supply is only 28 amp.

                                      He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

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                                        Daniel Pfeffer wrote:

                                        1. The advertisment displays a printer, but it's not listed in the specification.

                                        Not sure what spec you're referring to, but there is a 132-column dot-matrix printer in the specs listed in that advertisement.

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                                        Daniel Pfeffer
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                                        You're right; I missed it. :-O

                                        If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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                                        • N Nish Nishant

                                          Planning to get one of these : IMSAI Desktop[^] The price is steep but it does include a printer. Just a little concerned about the RAM though - don't want to spend that much money and still need to buy RAM. Anyone here bought one of these recently? If so, opinions please.

                                          Regards, Nish


                                          Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                                          Ravi Bhavnani
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                                          Ah...  the memories! :thumbsup: /ravi

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