It lives! Imlac PDS-1, serial #2 is running again.

From: Tom Uban <uban_at_ubanproductions.com>
Date: Wed Sep 4 21:21:01 2002

>The guy I got it from wrote his own bootstrapper on a CP/M machine and
>cross-assmebled it to the IMLAC. He wrote all the tools himself. For a
>guy that didn't think there would be a problem of storing this thing
>outside for 5 years before I got my hands on it, he actually was smart
>(once).
>
>The way it works, you load the disk up on the CP/M machine (in this case
>it was a Cromemco Z1) and it readies the serial port. Then you turn on
>the Imlac, which is connected to the Cromemco by a null modem serial
>cable.
>
> > This is how I load my machine. I think that Bob has the serial loader
> > information as well, and if he does not, the documentation is on Al's
> > site:
>
>I'm sure the software I have does the same thing, but this guy and his
>friends rolled their own because they got their machines surplus when they
>were much younger and didn't get much software with it apparently.

Right. What I was actually asking was if the guy gave you any Imlac
programs, you know, the ones which the loader loads into the Imlac?

--tom



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