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Computers by brand IMSAI

Brand: IMSAI
Founded: 1973
By: William Millard
In: San Leandro (California) US USA
Defunct: 1979

IMS Associates, Inc. was a microcomputer manufacturing company in California, responsible for one of the earliest achievements in personal computing, the IMSAI 8080.
The company was founded in 1973 by William Millard, and its first product was the IMSAI 8080 in 1975.

IMS stood for Information Management Sciences.

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Some outstanding models of the brand IMSAI


Manufacturer: IMSAI
Launches: 1975
Made in: USA
CPU: Intel 8080 @ 2MHz
Memory: 256 B
Hard drive: None
Operative System: CP/M
Innovations: It was the first computer that we can consider a clone since it was fully compatible with the Altair 8800, which was older.

The computer had an Intel 8080 CPU and an S-100 bus, copied from the Altair 8800.

Later versions were equipped with a 3 MHz Intel 8085 CPU.

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Manufacturer: IMSAI
Launches: 1977
Made in: Iceland
CPU: Intel 8080 @ 3MHz
Memory: 32 KB
Support A: Diskette 5¼"
Support B: Diskette 5¼"
Hard drive:
Operative System: CP/M

The PCS 80 came with a host of peripherals: line and character printers, CRT terminals, smart keyboards, 8" and 5.25" floppy disk storage.

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Manufacturer: IMSAI
Launches: 1977
Made in: Iceland
CPU: Intel 8085 @ 3MHz
Memory: 32 KB
Support A: Diskette 5¼"
Support B: Diskette 5¼"
Hard drive:
Operative System: CP/M

This evolution of the IMSAI 8080 had two 80/160KiB floppy disk drives built in, retained the S-100 bus, and had a built-in CRT monitor.

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Manufacturer: IMSAI
Launches: 1977
Made in: Iceland
CPU: Intel 8085 @ 3MHz
Memory: 32 KB
Support A: Diskette 5¼"
Support B: Diskette 5¼"
Hard drive:
Operative System: CP/M

This was the evolution of the IMSAI VDP40.

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