Building the IMSAI 8080 Replica of the Computer featured in WarGames

I bought this IMSAI 8080 kit from The High Nibble last year, which is only released in small batches, and finally got around to assembling it. This is a replica of the same computer used in the motion picture WarGames starring Matthew Broderick as David Lightman. Even though the build didn't go as smoothly as I hoped, I really liked how much more you could do with this kit than the Altair-duino.

After I finally get it running, I show the steps to take in order to get a new game such as Colossal Cave Adventure running on the computer.

00:00 Introduction
00:52 Unboxing
01:30 Circuit Board Assembly
10:26 Case Assembly
14:35 Fixing the SD Card Again
15:52 Quick look at the Web Interface
16:28 Installing a New Game
19:52 Final Thoughts

If you're interested in purchasing a kit, check out The High Nibble's availability page: https://thehighnibble.com/imsai8080/#availability

Retro Computer Replica Videos
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Cpmtools for Linux can be installed with apt-get
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Here's the CP/M Copy command I used. Adjust the paths as necessary:
cpmcp -f ibm-3740 ~/Downloads/ClassAdv.dsk ~/Downloads/adventure_cpm/*.* 0:

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