1 Sep
2014
1 Sep
'14
7:59 p.m.
On Sep 1, 2014, at 10:28 PM, Tom Uban <uban at ubanproductions.com> wrote:
The PDS-1 was born in 1969:
http://www.ubanproductions.com/ImlacDocs/PDS-1_TechnicalMan.pdf
Yes. I was lead to believe that they didn?t actually make it into the hands of actual
customers until 1970, though. (This from Imlac Corp?s own marketing from the mid 70s
?[Imlac Corp.] has marketed the PDS-1 Graphic Display Computer since 1970.?) Happy to be
wrong, though...
While the screen orientation is similar to an Imlac, the keyboard
layout is slightly different (skewed numeric keypad layout) and
the case styling is different. Additionally the Imlacs have a
computer section usually built into the table on which they sat.
Yeah, the lack of the CPU unit underneath makes the Imlac ID suspect.
I'm trying to decide of the size of the seemingly solid text on
the screen in the terminal in question implies raster?
Wish I had a better picture, but that?s as good as it?s going to get, I?m afraid :). It
does look like there?s a block cursor on the next line, which would tend to point towards
a raster display.
- Josh
--tom
On 9/1/14, 9:05 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
Hey all ?
Spent a bit of time this weekend reading through some bound editions of Rolling Stone
magazine (July-November 1969) and found the below (in an article about the Chicago
PD's ?Vice Control? division):
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117997069161125071032/albums/58803294238…
This was in the September 6, 1969 issue. It reminds me a lot of an Imlac, but this is a
bit too early ? as far as I know the Imlac was early 1970. Anyone have any ideas what
that thing is?
- Josh