IMSAI 8080 8080 Has Made IMS Associates, Inc., Or Expand Its Capabilities Easily One of the World's Largest Manufac- Economically
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The broad acceptance of the IMSAI for today. Tomorrow you can cha IMSAI 8080 8080 has made IMS Associates, Inc., or expand its capabilities easily one of the world's largest manufac- economically. Value, turers of microcomputer systems. Choose the exact type and The reasons are simple: The IMSAI capacity of memory you need. S Quality, 8080 is a rugged, high-quality com- from a variety of 110 interfaces puter system that satisfies a wide peripherals. Make it a stand-a Simplicity. range of applications at an extremely dedicated system, or part of a high performance/cost ratio. ful multiprocessor, shared mem It's easy to use and easy to system. The only limit to the IMS afford. Whether you buy it assembled 8080 is your imagination. or in kit form, the IMSAI 8080 can be ordered with the capability you need ~1thrnllghOUt Bit positions are labeled with botl Inherent value decimal and octal notation. The expandability and adaptability o the IMSAI 8080 make it a truly value- Inside and out the IMSAI 8080 shows you system. When you place your order, yo quality. On the outside, there's a heavy specify exactly what you need in the wa gauge aluminum cover and a highly func- memory, I/O boards and peripherals. tional control panel with crisp legends pro- tected by a clear acrylic faceplate. The chassis has a capacity of up to cost, including 4K and 8K BASIC, Inside you'll find a sturdy card cage 22 boards, and the universal memory and Extended BASIC, and a Floppy Disk and a straight-through backplane design. I/O interface boards will plug into any slot. Operating System. There are no wiring harnesses; even the With provision for 10 cable connectors, it's And the popularity of the 808 simple to phg numerous peripherals d~rectly control panel is a plug-in module. The heavy-duty power supply pro- into the IMSAI 8080. easy to come by. For large programs, you can have up vides 28 amperes. More than enough to To make things even easier you're handle all the boards you can put into the to 64K bytes of 500-nanosecond memory furnished complete documentation, with a powerful write-protect feature and IMSAI 8080. including a comprehensive user's manual LED status indicators. Or you can store your All PC boards are double-sided with and instructional books on microprocessors. programs permanently in erasable PROM's. plated-through holes and solder masks, and gold-plated contacts. Best of all the IMSAI 8080 is easy to The IMSAI 8080 makes multi- afford. The basic system-including chassis processing very economical. As many as six with power supply, MPU board, control processors can share a common memory. panel and dust cover-costs just $931 fully With the variety of 1/0interfaces Simplicity assembled, and only $599 as a kit. available for the IMSAI 8080- plus its 256 Send $1 for a detailed catalog Everything about the IMSAI 8080 is easy to .OO 1/0 ports-you can configure exactly the that will help guide you in ordering exactly system you want. For heavy communica- take. A fully assembled IMSAI 8080 is ready to go the minute you receive it. The what you need: memory capability, I/O tions applications, you can specify an eight- interfaces, peripherals. IMS Associates has economical kit version-which has the same level priority interrupt board. And select any a large network of dealers located through- high-quality components as the assembled number of serial I/O interface boards for out the U.S., in Canada and many other unit-comes with detailed instructions for synchronous and asynchronous RS232 or countries to serve you. For the name of easy assembly. And any board plugs into current loop operation. Or you can choose the dealer nearest you or for quotations, any slot. a versatile multifunction board with both contact IMS Associates directly. serial and varallel vorts, ulus a taue cassette Operating the IMSAI 8080 is easy, recorder interface : too. The front panel is tr For various computer control appli- control panel, with wide cations you can order parallel I/O boards, and large, easy-to-opera A/D and D/A converter boards, and an IEEE-standard board for instrumentation interfacing. For data base management applications, you can operate four floppy disk drives with each intelligent inter- I face/controller you specify Other I/O boards are available for interfacing high- Unique Intelligent Breadboard The Economical IMSAI 8080 IMSAI 8080 Specifications System Intelligent Floppy Disk System Processor Intel 8080A The IMSAI Intelligent Breadboard System is For the money, there's no development Memory 65,536 words, directly a powerful experimental and educational system like it: it's easier to use, more power- addressable; MOS tool for analyzing the trade-offs between ful, modular and versatile than anything on Word Size One byte (8bits) hardware and software implemented the market. The intelligent interface/con- Register Instruction Cycle Time 2 ps circuits. This low-cost physical facility is ideal troller has its own processor and firmware, Basic Machine Cycle Time 0.5 ps for implementing and testing digital logic and provides a sophisticated control of Number of 1/0 Ports 256 circuits with program interaction and com- the floppy disk system with DMA and Machine Instruction Set 78 basic instruc- puter control. The Breadboard Console automatic retry. tions, 174 including variants connects directly to an IMSAI 8080 com- Nested Subroutine Calls Number limited puter. This provides direct access to the only by memory size computer's bus lines for address, data, con- Interrupts Eight hardware levels (optional) trol and power, and to 48 lines of program- Registers Six plus stack pointer, program mable TTL I/O. The Breadboard Console counter, accumulator, and status register includes power regulators, LED level Board Capacity 22 maximum indicators, I/O connectors, and space for Power 120V, 50-60 Hz, single-phase, up to forty 16-pin IC plug-in packages. 28 amperes Dimensions (cabinet) 191/2 in. wide, 17 in. deep, 7 in. high (rack mount optional) Specifications and prices are subject to change. Send $1.00 For A Copy Of The IMSAI 8080 Catalog And Price ListIOrder Form Today! IMS Associates, Inc., 14860Wicks Blvd., San Leandro, CA 94577,(415)483-2093,TWX: 910-366-7287 .