IMSAI 8080 esp Demo with Desktop GUI, Email, Web Browsing and BBS access

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Here is a demo of an IMSAI 8080 esp, featuring CP/M 2.2, Desktop GUI, Web Browsing, Email and BBS access. It also shows the Cromemco Dazzler and Cyclops digital camera.

Credits:
Udo Munk and David McNaughton for ongoing development

The IMSAI 8080 esp is a kit from The High Nibble:
https://thehighnibble.com
   / thehighnibble  

It is running the Z80Pack from Udo Munk:
https://github.com/udo-munk/z80pack
   / @udomunk  

The IMSAI 8080 was an early microcomputer released in late 1975, based on the Intel 8080 and S-100 bus. It was a clone of its main competitor, the earlier MITS Altair 8800. The IMSAI is largely regarded as the first "clone" microcomputer. The IMSAI machine ran a highly modified version of the CP/M operating system called IMDOS. It was developed, manufactured and sold by IMS Associates, Inc. (later renamed IMSAI Manufacturing Corp). In total, between 17,000 and 20,000 units were produced from 1975 to 1978.

Wargames Movie, 1983:
In the Wargames Movie, David Lightman, a bright but unmotivated Seattle high school student and hacker, uses his IMSAI 8080 computer to access the school district's computer system and change his grades. He does the same for his friend and classmate Jennifer Mack. Later, while war dialing numbers in Sunnyvale, California, to find a computer game company, he connects with a system that does not identify itself. He accesses a list of games that starts with chess, checkers, backgammon, and poker, as well as titles such as "Theaterwide Biotoxic and Chemical Warfare" and "Global Thermonuclear War", but cannot proceed further without a password. Two hacker friends explain the concept of a backdoor password and suggest tracking down the Falken referenced in "Falken's Maze", the first game listed. Discovering that its creator was Stephen Falken, an early artificial-intelligence researcher, David is able to guess the password: the name of Falken's deceased son, Joshua.