IMSAI 8080 vs Raspberry Pi

Comparison of the state-of-the-art computer in 1977 to your

Raspberry Pi

My First Computer

IMSAI Front View

IMSAI Inside View

IMSAI CPU Board

IMSAI 4K Memory Board

Cromemco Dazzler Video Boards

Dazzler Display

IMSAI Parallel I/O Board

Raspberry Pi

Disk Systems Compared

90Kb for $799 ($100 for assembly)

$8Gb for $5.95

1972 – 90Kb Floppy Disk System 2014 – 8Gb SD Card

In 1972, to have 8Gb worth of floppy disks all online at once, you would have to buy 93,207 floppy disk systems at a total cost of $74,472,198. That’s probably many more than were ever produced.

Even if you bought them all, no system existed that would allow you to hook them all up and access them at the same time.

Cost of Raspberry Pi in 1977