Subj : IMS Series 8000 Microcomputer
To   : Akacastor
From : Abbub
Date : Sat Apr 27 2024 20:25:32

*** Quoting Akacastor to Abbub dated 04-27-24 ***
> That's an awesome computer you have!  I am not familiar with these 
> machines, so it is really interesting to read your description.

Well, they were mostly used in businesses, so it's not really a 'home ¨computer' kind of thing. In fact, the only reason I know about them (and went ¨out of the way to acquire one and get it working again) is because it's the ¨first computer I every wrote a program on. My dad's radio station in the early ¨1980s used one and when he'd go up after hours to work (he was the main ¨engineer as well as the owner) he'd take me with, park me in front of a ¨terminal, and let me write programs with Microsoft BASIC and it's compiler.

*** Quoting Akacastor to Abbub dated 04-27-24 ***
> Wicked flex with the multitasking.  It sounds like a very capable 
> machine, nice work keeping online with it.

I've been working since March to get it running again. 74x logic chip issues, incomplete documentation issues, getting it to work with GOTEKs (since I don't have a 8" floppy), and learning the operating system, of which there's SCANT knowledge of on the internet.  Fortunately, there's one guy on teh vcfed forums who seems to know the systems really well, and he's been a huge help.


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