1 Sep
2014
1 Sep
'14
10:05 p.m.
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
1 Sep
1 Sep
10:28 p.m.
The PDS-1 was born in 1969:
http://www.ubanproductions.com/ImlacDocs/PDS-1_TechnicalMan.pdf
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.
I'm trying to decide of the size of the seemingly solid text on
the screen in the terminal in question implies raster?
--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
10:59 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
2 Sep
2 Sep
12:02 a.m.
It appears to be a Sanders 720. See
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/sandersAssociates/Sanders_…
--Bill
6 Sep
6 Sep
4:28 p.m.
On 9/1/2014 9:02 PM, William Maddox wrote:
It appears to be a Sanders 720. See
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/sandersAssociates/Sanders_…
--Bill
That definitely looks to be the one. Thanks! Very cool looking
terminal, and I love the vector display. Wonder how many of those are
left...
- Josh
1 Sep
1 Sep
11:23 p.m.
On 2014-Sep-01, at 7:05 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?
It looks identical in case/keyboard/style as the surplus terminals advertised for sale by
Worldwide Electronics in the back of various e-mags in the mid-70's.
(Why would I remember this).
The CRT is oriented in landscape in the ad versions however.
Still can't identify model/make though.
See for example:
Kilobaud May 77, page126
Byte, Aug 77, page 149
(Sorry, no link at hand, I'm looking at physical copies.)
11:49 p.m.
A Sanders perhaps?
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On 2014-Sep-01, at 7:05 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?
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