On 8/5/2023 4:07 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Aug 5, 2023, 1:46 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 8/3/2023 3:45 AM, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote:
I’d still prefer the IMSAI 8080 or SWTPC 6800 though.
While I have a couple Apple ]['s I really don't do much with them. Haven't
even turned one on since I retired from the University in 2015 and they
came home .
Wouldn't take an Apple 1 as a gift but I, too, would love to have an IMSAI
and a SWTPC 6800.
But...because the apple I is so valuable people have been motivated to
produce really nice replica motherboards. The replicas give many the
chance to experience the Apple I at a reasonable price, thanks indirectly
to those willing to pay for the real thing. Otherwise we'd probably never
get to use one. It's fun to find original parts and sockets to try to get
a replica as close as possible to an original. I guess it does not matter
how or why it happenend but the Apple I is the ultimate vintage computing
collectible.
Personally I use my IMSAI somewhat regularly, thats my favorite computer
from the mid 70s.
Nowadays my most used vintage computers are my TRS-80's. Even more than
my PDP-11's
and VAX. But if I had an IMSAI I think it would be #1.
bill
