...rugged, professional yet affordable...
Written on June 23rd , 2026 by Tech Ads
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Hf you thought a rugged,
professional vet affordable
computer didnt exist,
think
IMSAI
8080.
Sure there are other commercial,
high-quality computers that can
perform like the 8080. But their
prices are 5 times as high. There is
a rugged, reliable, industrial com-
puter, with high commercial-type
performance. The IMSAI 8080.
Fully assembled, it’s $931.
Unassembled, it’s $599. And ours
is available now.
In our case, you can tell
a computer by its cabinet. The
IMSAI 8080 is made for commer-
cial users. And it looks it. Inside
and out! The cabinet is attractive,
heavy-gauge aluminum. The
heavy-duty lucite front panel has
an extra 8 program controlled
LED's. It plugs directly into the
Mother Board without a wire
harness. And rugged commercial
grade paddle switches that are
backed up by reliable debouncing
circuits. But higher aesthetics on
the outside is only the beginning.
The guts of the IMSAI 8080 is
where its true beauty lies.
The 8080 is optionally
expandable to a substantial system
with 22 card slots in a single
printed circuit board. And the
durable card cage is made of
commercial-grade anodized
aluminum.
The IMSAI 8080 power
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supply produces a true 28 amp
current, enough to power a full
system.
You can expand to a
powerful system with 64K of
memory, plus a floppy disk con-
troller, with its own on-board
8080-and a DOS. A floppy disk
drive, an audio tape cassette input
device, a printer, plus a video
terminal and a teleprinter. These
peripherals will function with an
8-level priority interrupt system.
IMSAI BASIC software is avail-
able in 4K, that you can get in
PROM. And a new $139 4K
RAM board with software
memory protect. For the ultimate
in flexibility, you can design the
system for low-cost multiprocessor,
shared memory capability.
Find out more about the
computer you thought didn’t
exist. Get a complete illustrated
brochure describing the IMSAI
8080, options, peripherals, soft-
ware, prices and specifications.
Send one dollar to cover handling.
Call us for the name of the
IMSAI dealer nearest you.
Dealer inquiries invited.
IMISA
IMS Associates, Inc.
14860 Wicks Boulevard
San Leandro, CA 94577
(415) 483-2093
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‘…rugged, professional yet affordable…’
IMSAI 8080 was compatible with MITS Altair 8800 software and is generally viewed as the first microcomputer clone. Like the Altair 8800, the IMSAI 8080 featured both the Intel 8080 microprocessor and the S-100 system bus.
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