Re: OT: S-100 Bus

[dougkalley@aol.com (DougKalley)]

>  It looks like just the 15 slot S-100 bus with power supply, no CPU or
anything like that.  It is 
> in a BIG tan and black case.  From my limited experience in these things I
would place it right around 1975 or earlier.

Just because it is S-100 doesn't mean it's that old. The Altair is circa 1975,
it's not an altair so it's older. 
S100 systems were being made up to 1984 as far as i can remember, 16bit
multiuser systems running unix clones and cpm.
 You got to remember the S100 systems were as dime a dozen as clone makers are
now. You could buy a box and slots, then get a cpu board, 
a power supply, drive controller, ram card, shugart cabinet, etc. 

 >I just discovered in storage a never before used "8620 Roosevelt" made by
Integrand Research Corporation
>  out of Visalia, California

I am not familiar with IRC. 

>So my question is: is there anyone who would be interested in this still?  Is
there any value? 
> What's the scoop? It's not like finding an original Apple or anything like
that.  It may just be scrap iron. 
> However, I thought I would ask.  

I would be interested in it. I haven't hacked a S100 system yet. Value? Not
much. Original Apple? Not at all,
hehe ,maybe if you had the mystical missing Altair # 01.

Tell me more about it. I would like to buy it if for sale, it could be
something to tinker on or might be scrap iron. 
I remember they broke easy and a lot just flat out didn't work, e.g. IMSAI's
computers :-)