On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Tom Uban wrote:
> At 05:16 AM 1/20/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 09:51:20AM -0600, Tom Uban wrote:
> > >
> > > > > http://www.ubanproductions.com/imlac.html
> > > > > http://www.ubanproductions.com/imlac_sw.html
> >
> >Nice pix, especially http://www.ubanproductions.com/Images/imlac11.jpg
> >
> >It bears a striking resemblance to the core stack in an PDP-8/L or
> >PDP-8/i (those, of course, are either 4096x12 or 4096x13, depending on
> >parity. Even the fingers look like DEC spacing.
> >
> >I am unfamiliar with the Imlac line... why would there be such
> >similarities? Dataram already have something handy?
>
> I'd guess because they could get the core module more cheaply if they
> used something at least semi-standard. Also, Imlacs were designed and
> built in Waltham MA, probably be ex-Dec people...
I've been told the Imlac processor is based on the PDP-8, or that it has
the same instructions as the PDP-8. I wouldn't know because I've never
programmed either.
Some info to this effect here:
http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/imlac/
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