"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play" - Wargames - I had to say it.
@robertsimms5861
2 жыл бұрын
Appreciated. Came here from a Wargames nostalgic review. 😁 kzitem.info/news/bejne/toKZ4I2jiX9jgXo
@steve_cdh7324
4 жыл бұрын
"Hello Dr. Stephen Falken".
@jamesgulrich7416
2 жыл бұрын
My first paying job that I ever had was with the school district as a computer programmer for the Special Ed department. I was a junior in high school and it paid $5 dollars an hour. It was 1978 and I believe the min/wage was around $2.50 an hour. I was stoked! Yes, this was a stand-alone computer amongst several teletypes and it had BASIC loaded on it and that was the software that I used. They also had a line printer that puked out paper so fast that I couldn't believe it. This brings back some great memories.
@kadicha117
2 жыл бұрын
I remember going to a "Byte" shop in the early '80s, I think, and seeing one of these demonstrated. They were expensive and, at the time, wondered what possible use they could be but I was hooked and bought an Apple II a couple of years later. I went on to study then work as a programmer 'till I retired.
@stephenbaldassarre2289
6 жыл бұрын
Interestingly enough, it sounds more human than most pop songs on the radio.
@GROENAASMusic
4 жыл бұрын
@@infantincinerator5210 Dude. It's not only the boomers who think that. You know it's true.
@melanierhianna
2 жыл бұрын
You use a radio? How retro!
@conroypawgmail
6 жыл бұрын
The movie references killed me.
@mourngrym1969
3 жыл бұрын
It's funny the roads you accidentally travel on the internet late on a Saturday night... something led to something which led me to think about Wargames, which is the movie responsible for my interest in computers, so I went looking on eBay for an IMSAI and I wanted to find out if they actually had a voice modulator and here I am... great stuff IMSAI Guy!
@helmuthschultes9243
5 жыл бұрын
My IMSAI 8080 was last running at our computer club 25 year celebration, making it 1977 +25 = 2002. Sadly running at arrival, left with lid open and lots of people looking inside, left dead during the day. Have not tried running since. Has 256k banked Cromemco memory (64k per card), twin Persci 8" floppy (fast voice coil drive), home brew 20Mbyte HD, Accel Graphics -1024x535 256 colour (homebrew) Runs CPM, MPM CDOS AND CROMIX ( Cromemco Unix system) as OS choices, supports up to 8 user time share on MPM or CROMIX. Note CROMIX supports Dual CPU card with Z80 / 68000. I have only a Z80 card though.
@IMSAIGuy
5 жыл бұрын
that's about as fancy as the IMSAI got!
@jimomertz
Жыл бұрын
It boots faster than Windows!
@sudocatsda1guy390
4 жыл бұрын
It sounds more human and outgoing than I do
@RobbieStrike
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video's this is so cool. I wanted one when I saw War Games on a RCA CED videodisk back in the 80's
@skeennah1927
3 жыл бұрын
same here
@HarryMudd
6 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of HAL in 2010, when they were attempting to revive him 😁
@denazify
Ай бұрын
Loved my old IMSAI 8080
@Croccydile
7 жыл бұрын
Yay! A proper break in having it sing Daisy Bell no less!
@jackilynpyzocha662
Жыл бұрын
With permission of the estate of the Pointer Sisters, "Automatic" would be a great choice of song!
@whitehedr
5 жыл бұрын
I have a full set of switches that I squirreled away many years ago. Unfortunately that is all I stockpiled. I do recall how big and heavy that bad boy is. The power transformer qualifies as a boat anchor all by itself. :)
@kirknelson156
5 жыл бұрын
lol right out of wargames, i love it :)
@GreenMeanie101
6 жыл бұрын
Wagames quotes LOL
@RagMama123
6 жыл бұрын
I love following your videos! Looks like I may have to give up the bid on eBay for an IMSAI machine, but there are plenty of projects left to pursue with the Arduino and NeuroShield. Thanks for posting these! Rick
@ji6265
5 жыл бұрын
Still have one kicking around great to see this. Got your 1000th sub!
@IMSAIGuy
5 жыл бұрын
thanks for 1000
@davidholman2536
2 жыл бұрын
Send that computer membership of The Tandem Club immediately!
@vincei4252
5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Stephen Hawking. RIP.
@laboyeurdechaine7913
3 жыл бұрын
Greetings professor Falken! :)
@lmamakos
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, very nice! I never had blinkenlights on my North Star Horizon back in the day, that looks awesome. I did spend many hours in front of a PDP-11/40 and it's console lights and switches, though... and then 30 years later, acquired a PiDP-11 scale replica. So many hours in CP/M, and learning the C language with BDS C on the Z-80. I never had a FORTH on my CP/M computer, though dabbled with it a little on my Amiga years later. I can see how that'd be a great environment to interactively play around with the speech synthesizer.
@n0yxl
3 жыл бұрын
Cutting edge stuff back in the day! We have come so very far in the silicon technology world!
@dri50
5 жыл бұрын
Boy this brings back memories. I helped a friend build an Imsai 8080 around 1977 (???) maybe. Does that use the S100 buss? I suppose you were booting from floppy? And what was the O/S, CPM ?
@IMSAIGuy
5 жыл бұрын
S100, 8 inch floppy, CP/M
@alzeNL
2 жыл бұрын
Really amazing setup ! I really admire your skill and work in getting this lovely piece of hardware working.
@atiredblue
4 жыл бұрын
In Wargames to make it more theatrical they recorded “to win the game” but backwards (game the win to) and then played backwards and that’s why it sounds so creepy!
@skeennah1927
3 жыл бұрын
good info
@st.charlesstreet9876
8 ай бұрын
EXCELLENT is right! Reminds me of my TRS 80 3rd party voice synthesizer from 80 Micro 😅
@buckwheatz666
3 жыл бұрын
Thats in really nice shape. Congrats
@fluffykitties9020
3 ай бұрын
Haha, sounds like you are meeting a long lost friend.
@midnightwind8067
5 жыл бұрын
lol you are so geeky! I am happy for you ... nice job..
@NA12495
2 жыл бұрын
I would have been disappointed if you didn't have it ask the famous question. Well done. If I ever become a professor, I would want to be one that I stuff like this all over my office.
@jeremylindemann5117
6 жыл бұрын
Is the computer speech from Wargames actually from an Imsai? Because it sounded a little different in the movie. Is it possible to replicate that sound with your setup?
@IMSAIGuy
6 жыл бұрын
no, I don't know how the movie got the sound but it surely did not come from an IMSAI
@jeremylindemann5117
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for answering, didn't expect to get a response. Great series on the IMSAI by the way, I'm not engineer but I found it fascinating.
@GregoryWiktor
6 жыл бұрын
Check out Wargames 2 the dead code dvd special features and they get into this a bit, but ok I'll spoil it for you: Quote: How the effect was generated has been the subject of speculation and assumptions rather than reality. No, the actual sound heard was not produced using a VOTRAX, CompuTalker, or other computerized voice synthesizer of the period as some folks believe. I reviewed my Director's Cut DVD version of "WarGames", listening and taking notes on the Special Feature commentary of writers Larry Lasker and Walter Parks, joined by Director John Badham in preparation for an upcoming photo shoot of the original "WarGames IMSAI" and related props. Director John Badham states in the commentary that the actor voicing the raw content that was later modified for the computerized effect was John Wood (the Falken character), reading the script word-for-word in reverse order in order to portray a "flat quality" with limited inflection. That raw audio was then edited and re-assembled after being run through audio processing equipment to achieve the desired effect.
@IMSAIGuy
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I assumed it was just a voice actor run though filters. Nice to know it was John Wood. Fitting since Falken created the computer....
@7667neko
2 жыл бұрын
Greetings Professor Falken.
@eddy2561
2 жыл бұрын
I almost bought one way back when, but too pricey for my meager salary.....
@Centar1964
6 жыл бұрын
Somehow reminds me of Stephen Hawking...
@justinlynn
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful work! :D
@mike94560
2 жыл бұрын
I am such a nerd. I loved it.
@renderizer01
2 жыл бұрын
This IMSAI 8080 sings with an Irish accent. Creepy. ;O)
@gettingpast4391
5 жыл бұрын
People sometimes make mistakes
@7667neko
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, they do. Shall we play a game?
@pinkeye00
2 жыл бұрын
"Would you like to play a game of chess?" lol .. man I love Wargames.
@bentcrazy1324
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like the clowns on the Telstra help line. Maybe call centres are full of the IMSAI 8080 computers.
@soupernutt9508
9 ай бұрын
Forgive me for asking, but is the speech produced by the SP0256 chip by General Radio (now Microchip Technology)? I was listening, then looking in the comments for a mention and might've missed it.
@IMSAIGuy
9 ай бұрын
No, very different.
@teknoman117
2 жыл бұрын
What's the voice synthesis setup in there? The voice makes me think of the Magnevation Speakjet from the mid 00's. The correct wording might be the other way around - the 00's synthesis chip mimics the sounds of a 70's synthesis chip.
@IMSAIGuy
2 жыл бұрын
SSI263 chip
@petercarlsson6606
4 жыл бұрын
Greetings Mr. Falken...
@madmaxm
2 жыл бұрын
Greetings Professor Falken
@DumbledoreMcCracken
3 жыл бұрын
Back from the age when computers made noises.
@fluffykitties9020
3 ай бұрын
What was the advancement in technology called that eliminated the need to flip the switches to boot the machine? Would that have been the BIOS or something similar? Great project BTW!
@IMSAIGuy
3 ай бұрын
to boot with out switches was a hardware trick. on reset the rom at high address was enabled and executed. I this was done on the PROM card that contained the boot ROM. I had two other systems that did not have front panels. The S100 buss had this in mind when it was design. once CP/M is loaded, it runs out of RAM
@cyberjack
2 жыл бұрын
wargames ..love it .. however in movie its very unlikely he could have afforded such a machine as it was a massive expensive in day around $931 dollars = $4,824.62 in 2022 just for the base unit alone
@stevejquest
3 жыл бұрын
For what it's worth, I have several rails of old VOTRAX chips out in the shop, real antiques. I have no use for them. I also have other yellowed rails of chips (the rails crack and shatter as I handle them they are that old). However the chips are still good. :-) I have VIC chips and 8048 chips and things like that -- all of which have about zero value to me. Just putting that out there in case any young folks want to build using a very old voice synthesis. :-)
@VasilencoDan
3 жыл бұрын
:) nice one, compliments!
@CP200S
3 жыл бұрын
Your happiness reached my heart. I would love owning such a beautiful setup myself. Is that a Votrax SC-01 there in the protoboard or a different chip?
@IMSAIGuy
3 жыл бұрын
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@markweston216
Жыл бұрын
Greetings professor falken
@fluffykitties9020
3 ай бұрын
Did you buy this computer before or after the movie? The movie came out in 1982, I think...? By that time was this already outdated?
@IMSAIGuy
3 ай бұрын
had it before. once I saw that one 'talk' I needed mine to talk. of course it was faked in the movie. the actor that did falken was the computer voice
@Todd82TA
2 жыл бұрын
HAH! Classic... Wargames and 2001 Space Odyssey!
@RodBeauvex
5 жыл бұрын
How did you make it sing? Are there commands for changing pitch and speed?
@IMSAIGuy
5 жыл бұрын
yes there are separate commands. Took a long time to program that song
@claudioarcadexlab6397
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful #### I want one too !!
@SeaJay_Oceans
4 жыл бұрын
Singing about a Daisy Girl ?
@IMSAIGuy
4 жыл бұрын
The first computer to sing: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lWeLnWyHiWqfdaA
@debugin1227
4 ай бұрын
shall we play a game...
@vanhetgoor
3 жыл бұрын
If I would be locked up in a box for 33 years, unable to speak, then on my return I would at least exclamate some profanities to express my feelings. A song about Daisy would not come to my mind.
@G7LWT
2 жыл бұрын
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@fuzzylilpeach6591
6 жыл бұрын
That's so cool!
@nope.c
Жыл бұрын
Shall we play a game?
@BigCandJDProductions
3 жыл бұрын
Curious, have you ever sold one of these things? Came into possession of one and wondering what I can get for it .
@IMSAIGuy
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. I sold this one. Of course it was working. It really depends on the condition what cards are inside, disk drives, does it work? a basic one might be $1000, a working one $3000.
@IMSAIGuy
3 жыл бұрын
Send me some photos inside and out s100imsai8080@gmail.com
@somecoder3054
6 жыл бұрын
Awesome.
@mikegLXIVMM
Жыл бұрын
Does it use an SP0256?
@IMSAIGuy
Жыл бұрын
no. it uses SSI -263
@victormarquez9388
5 жыл бұрын
Can any body tell me were can i buy vintage imsai 8080 i collect vinage stuff
@IMSAIGuy
5 жыл бұрын
ebay, about $1500 for IMSAI.
@neindochoohh7955
3 жыл бұрын
Do you want to play a game?
@BROKENLIZARD983
2 жыл бұрын
What were these used for ?
@IMSAIGuy
2 жыл бұрын
the same things computers are used for now.
@BROKENLIZARD983
2 жыл бұрын
@@IMSAIGuy porn, interesting
@Roslynguy
Жыл бұрын
@@BROKENLIZARD983 not really
@willylord
2 жыл бұрын
Ma dice : "SCEMO" ???
@IMSAIGuy
2 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/pamN22iMfWZ2ZGk
@whitehedr
5 жыл бұрын
I am working on a replica cp-a PCB. I could use a little help on my project. Do you still have an IMSAI 8080 computer? If so would you be willing to make some measurements for me? I am looking for the overall size of the board, the distance from the right side of the connector to the right edge of the board, the pad spacing between the switches, the spacing of the A15 switch from the left edge of the board, the spacing between the LED rows, the distance from the top of the board to the status LEDs. And if possible a clear photo of the board showing the component numbering for the chips. If I remember correctly the LEDs are lined up on the switches. We had two computers that we used for a project to modify a Honeywell Process interface Unit to communicate with two systems in a nuke power plant that were critical to the operation of the plant. One was the RPIS ( Control Rod position system) and the other was TIPS (Traveling in core probe system). The RPIS system showed the operator the position of the all the control rods in the reactor. We needed to get this info into the plant process computer so we modified the PIU to interface to the RPIS. The IMSAI was programmed to emulate the RPIS for testing purposes. We had a Micropolis disk system on the IMSAI. The TIPS system is a system that inserted a monitor into the core for measuring the flux density of the reactor while it is operating. The IMSAI was programmed to emulate this system for testing purposes. Both emulations worked very well and allowed for successful implementation into our Dresden and Quad Cities plants. The system was installed in the late 70’s and is still in use today. The IMSAI computer was critical to the project and performed flawlessly.
@IMSAIGuy
5 жыл бұрын
I sold the IMSAI. you can get PCB layouts (KiCAD) at www.s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/Mini%20FP%20Board/Mini%20FP%20Board.htm
@IMSAIGuy
5 жыл бұрын
the actual IMSAI was much larger. I don't know if there is any data online
@IMSAIGuy
5 жыл бұрын
some info here. there is a very poor PCB layout that you might be able to use for measurements www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/imsai/index.htm
@whitehedr
5 жыл бұрын
I have looked at that info. I actually am using some of it. It is amazing the prices guys are getting for these machines. Thank you for the quick response. My goal is to build and get a machine up and running. I don’t know if I will be successful but I am gonna give it a go. I will see if I can get the info I need through one of the s-100 forums.
@IMSAIGuy
5 жыл бұрын
@@whitehedr the machine is very large and heavy. the metal case is 1/8" thick sheet. A simple machine is going for $2000 these days. Actually not too bad. Very hard to find the parts like the switches.
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