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Buy the WarGames IMSAI 8080 and Possibly Impress Ally Sheedy

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-you-want-to-play-a-game? dept.

ilikenwf writes "Todd Fischer, the man behind this iconic prop from WarGames, the movie that spawned countless hackers, has come forward recently to announce its sale in the near future. Interestingly enough, the IMSAI 8080 still works, although the disk drive was damaged in shipping after the movie's conclusion, and was trashed."

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  1. Re:Disk drives by d'baba · · Score: 4, Informative

    The drives are 8" Calcomp pizza ovens. These were the original drives for the IMSAI 8080. We sold them along with the 8080 kits.

    Hi, Todd! Good luck on the auction.

  2. Re:Anything to PROVE it's the one? by anasciiman · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's an IMSAI not an Altair. Different critters entirely.

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  3. Re:Disk drives by d'baba · · Score: 5, Informative

    The later IMSAI models ran the Calcomp and PerSci 8" drives along with the 5.25 and 3.5 sizes. Also, around the time the VDP-80 with 8085 boards replacing the 8080's saw a Rob Barnaby, et. al. rewrite of CP/M which we called and shipped as IMDOS.

  4. Somebody is out of touch with reality. by ChrisKnight · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the linked article: "It is currently appraised at over $25,000, potentially making it the most expensive "personal computer" ever!"

    There's an Apple I up for auction that is expected to haul in half a million.

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