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This gallery showcases several 1970s-era machines from Steven Stengel's vintage computer collection. Stengel has graciously allowed us to republish his photos and descriptions. You can find much more detailed information on each machine and additional photos of the collection on his Web site Oldcomputers.net

Built by IMS Associates of San Leandro, Calif., the IMSAI 8080 was one of the first consumer computers available.

(CNET sister site TechRepublic runs a regular series called "Dinosaur Sightings" that explores machines of a certain age. News.com is publishing this excerpt.)

Caption text by TechRepublic staff

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Ah, my first computer play was on a PDP-8L, although it was hardly a tiny machine, and had a TTY as a keyboard/monitor. And paper tape to load the higher level languages. I'll never forget what trou... (Read the rest)
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I started out using the TRS-80 and Apple II (nt)  Badgered | 10/12/07
The Stone Age  nwoodson@... | 10/12/07
Something's missing  vlpatterson59@... | 10/12/07
these are computers from the 70's...  SmartCookie | 10/12/07
yep  Dave P. | 10/16/07
LOLOLOLLLLL  scoobbs@... | 10/22/07
Commodore PET = 1977  lonniemcclure | 10/17/07
I had one of those!  boringlarry@... | 10/15/07
vintage toys in the attic  z89101@... | 10/17/07
Also missing...  scoobbs@... | 10/22/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  doverend@... | 10/12/07
64mb of RAM???  doug_hutter@... | 10/12/07
Way-back machine Part II  tech_ed@... | 10/12/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  kkallstrom@... | 10/12/07
Apple IIe  TwoHerbs | 10/12/07
Thank Goodness None Run Microsoft  itanalyst | 10/12/07
Not Quite  agbags | 10/12/07
Bzzzt. Wrong again.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/12/07
I should have meant Microsoft OS  itanalyst | 10/15/07
Home Brew Computer Club  Old Timer 8080 | 10/19/07
Guess again  electro@... | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  Cal Woosnam | 10/12/07
Hmmm  Azathoth | 10/12/07
Hmmm  Azathoth | 10/12/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  rogerlodbert@... | 10/12/07
No  rogerlodbert@... | 10/12/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  phatkat | 10/12/07
IBM in the 80's  ron_whittaker@... | 10/12/07
Sorry but no.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/12/07
PC not till later  boguscomputer | 01/05/08
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  docqualizer | 10/12/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  ralphwombat@... | 10/12/07
Northstar: a multiuser computer  dzumalt@... | 10/12/07
Dinosaur Sightings - 1970s computers)  ron_whittaker@... | 10/12/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  stephen.woods@... | 10/12/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  donaldf@... | 10/12/07
zx81  VK3TLY | 10/16/07
Imagination machine  CDRSAVAGE@... | 10/12/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  wayne@... | 10/12/07
How many ran Microsoft Basic? You WILL be suprised.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/12/07
I had a Challenger 2P  jiminnc@... | 10/12/07
ICL Multiuser  jataylor@... | 10/13/07
I Had a Commodore PET  don@... | 10/13/07
Heavy Petting  jgbsound | 10/15/07
Memories  fishh52@... | 10/13/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  peb@... | 10/13/07
Why no Osborne? - wrong decade  lonniemcclure | 10/17/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  ronrumpf@... | 10/14/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  Tare69 | 10/14/07
Agreed  ferguwr@... | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  will.melmoth@... | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  Steve.Skolnick@... | 10/15/07
Kaypro, Osborne ?  will.melmoth@... | 10/15/07
Osborne and Kaypro  dennis@... | 10/15/07
Dinosaur Sightings  dennis@... | 10/15/07
IBM's first "PC"  Resuna | 10/15/07
Missing the H-11 (1977)  Resuna | 10/15/07
PDP  boguscomputer | 01/05/08
Imsai 8080  Jimbaber | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  oldleftwinger | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  brenger@... | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  jmdoyle@... | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  FSLLJCL@... | 10/17/07
TRS-80 Color Computer  pyropakjim@... | 10/15/07
Hot CoCo  roberto_maietta@... | 11/07/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  msd1107 | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  a-bowmam@... | 10/15/07
More Microsoft in Apple  coboldinosaur | 10/15/07
Apple 11e I had one of thoes  vic.fh@... | 10/15/07
HeathKit H8 - still boots  drmda | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  Headspin | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  mpr9798@... | 10/15/07
Memory  drmda | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  jjokerst | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  markyannone | 10/15/07
other MIA's from the 70's  amankini | 10/15/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  v10charlie@... | 10/16/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  wm7e@... | 10/16/07
994/A n 80's thing, not 70's  psychographer | 10/17/07
TI-99/4, not 99/4A  lonniemcclure | 10/17/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  itsupport@... | 10/18/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  DrWhoToo | 10/18/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  FiOS-Dave | 10/18/07
TRS-80: the first one designed for compatibility  PhilippeV | 10/18/07
PC Archeology  Bob Webb | 10/19/07
Timex sinclair  RobertMoore12@... | 10/19/07
SOL20 and Personal Computing  ron_whittaker@... | 11/12/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  service@... | 12/27/07
RE: (Photos: Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers)  CrowdedCranium | 12/28/07

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