terminal inventiveness (was Re: an odd question

From: Bob Shannon <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
Date: Sat Aug 18 11:11:53 2001

Tom displayed a later-model PDS-1, a long vector machine.

I was able to persuade Tom to part with his older short-vector machine.
The original documentation for the short-vector machine describes the
PDS-1 as shipping in 1968.

The PDS-1 uses conventional RS-232 communications.

John Allain wrote:

> Bob wrote:
> > I'll bet on the Imlac PDS-1.
>
> Tom U's handout puts it at 1971.
> Another question: What form of communications
> did the Imlac use?
>
> John A.
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