Killian, Joseph oral history
Joseph Killian was chief engineer at IMS Associates, Inc (IMSAI), a maker of microprocessor-based personal computers in the mid-1970s. Their main product, the IMSAI 8080, is discussed in detail, as are its roots in the earlier work of MITS, Ed Roberts and the Altair 8800. The trials and achievements of a rapidly growing company are made evident, as are some of the ‘lessons learned’ from IMSAI’s experience during the early boom period of personal computing.
Item Details
- Date
- 2007-01-25 (Made)
- Type
- Document
- Catalogue number
- 102658016
- Organization
- Computer History Museum
- People
- Robert A. Fraley (Interviewer)
Joseph Killian (Interviewee)
Dag Spicer (Editor) - Category
- Transcript
- Extent
- 32 p.
- Place of publication
- USA/CA/Mountain View
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X3879.2007
- Subject
- Microsoft, Intel, Altair MITS (Computer), ComputerLand, Intel 8080 (Microprocessor), Busicom, Teletype, Popular Electronics, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), BASIC (Software), Apple Computer, Inc.
- Archive collection
- Oral history collection
- Archive hierarchy
- CHM Oral History Collection