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

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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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    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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      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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        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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          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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          • D Daniel Pfeffer

            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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                  • 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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                    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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                    • N Nish Nishant

                      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

                                        My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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

                                          My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                                          Nish Nishant
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                                          You are welcome :-)

                                          Regards, Nish


                                          Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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