Making a Template

This is a cardboard front I designed and laser engraved and cut for a test fitting to build a reproduction IMSAI 8080 computer.

I’ve done the same for an Altair 8800 computer too and even created a nice oak wood cabinet for an Altair 8800c that will host a Z80 CPU, 88-2SIOJP and FDC+ boards. Then I did the same for a IMSAI-JAIR CBBS computer I built … which is my 1976 BBS and a test computer …

I made some paper and cereal box cutouts and engravings to make sure the front of the computer cabinets fit the boards.

The vintage computer club I’m involved with:
https://groups.google.com/g/s100computers/c/0jSNmiGU6rI/m/f8VCTXc8AwAJ

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