IMSAI 8080 Microcomputer
date: label: date made
content: 1976
name: label: maker
content: IMSAI
notes: label: Description
content: IMSAI's computer system became a standard, with its rugged power supply, room for expansion with plenty of internal slots, external floppy drive and CP/M. The IMSAI 8080 was one of the most successful copies of the Altair, with a video monitor and a disk storage system supplied by Micropolis.
label: Description
content: This particular IMSAI 8080 was purchased and assembled in Los Angeles in 1976 by Kenneth S. Widelitz, one of the donors. Several pieces, many stored in the case of the microcomputer, have separate index numbers, as do the monitor, the disk drive, and related software and documentation.
label: Description
content: Reference
label: Description
content: For an account of the construction of the computer, see: K.W. Widelitz, "Diary of a survivor - cyberosis victim tells all," 73 Magazine, May 1978, pp. 92-97. A copy of the article is in the accession file.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: K.S. & M.A. Widelitz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0043.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0043.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0043
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: manufactured (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 17 1/4 in x 19 3/4 in; 18.415 cm x 43.815 cm x 50.165 cm