19 May
2000
19 May
'00
8:13 a.m.
On Fri, 19 May 2000, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Who built that VDM-1? Was that not a part of some
vendor's "set" of boards?
The VDM-1 (Video Display Module #1) came from Processor Technology and the
circuitry was later integrated into their SOL Terminal Computer.
It was also offered in a 'set' of boards (the name of which escapes me at
the moment) which effectively transormed your Altair/IMSAI into a SOL
(workalike).
The board set consisted of the VDM-1, the CUTS cassette I/O board, a 3P+S
I/O board, and optionally a ROM board (can't think of the designation at
the moment) which held the CUTER/SOLOS 'personality module' ROMS/EPROMS.
If you did not pop for the ROM board, you toggled in a boot loader and
loaded SOLOS/CUTER from tape...
Viola! Insta-SOL!!
-jim
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