IMSAI/Altair inspired microcomputer with web emulator

Show HN: IMSAI/Altair inspired microcomputer with web emulator

IMSAI/Altair inspired microcomputer with web emulator is a company in show hn launch.

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I designed and built a physical replica of a 1970s-style front panel microcomputer with 25+ toggle switches, 16 LEDs, and an LCD display. The brain is a Raspberry Pi Pico running an Intel 8080 CPU emulator.The main twist: I decided to see how far I could get using Claude Code for the firmware. That and the web emulator were written almost entirely using Claude Code (Opus 4.5). I've kept the full prompt history here: https://github.com/gzalo/microcomputer/blob/main/ai_prompts....It was able to create the emulator in just a few prompts! It really surprised me that it was able to make a WebAssembly version from the same code (compiled with emscripten) and get the physical layout of the panel fr

Within the show hn launch space, the company focuses on its core offering rather than a broad product line.

The company is listed at the Show HN launch stage of development.

Website: gzalo.github.io/microcomputer