Latest Acquisition: Imlac PDS-1D

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon Apr 9 22:33:19 2001

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, John Allain wrote:

> Wow, thanks for the compilation: the images & such and the actual
> acquisition. I haven't seen a PDS control panel in 20 years.

Thank you. The control panel is very nice :)

> <g> Yeah, but this is the PDS 1D, it only draws vectors
> going side to side, what you want is the PDS 2D </g>
> Sorry.

I still don't know much about Imlac, so I'm gullible. Was there really a
PDS-2D?

> What we had most at school were PDS-?X?'es. They were a bit cheaper.
> Ribbon cable KB. No console. Still alot of fun to play tankwar on.

Hmmm, the PDS-1 came with an integrated terminal (CRT and keyboard). I'm
curious as to what other models Imlac made.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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