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IMLAC Corporation
Maze War running on an IMLAC PDS-1D
Industry
Electronics
Founded
1968; 56 years ago (1968) in Needham, Massachusetts
Defunct
1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Fate
Acquired by Hazeltine Corporation
Products
Graphical display systems
Graphical terminals
Computer workstations
IMLAC Corporation was an American electronics company in Needham, Massachusetts, that manufactured graphical display systems, mainly the PDS-1 and PDS-4, in the 1970s.
The PDS-1 debuted in 1970. It was the first low-cost[1] commercial realization of Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad system of a highly interactive computer graphics display with motion. Selling for $8,300 before options, its price was equivalent to the cost of four Volkswagen Beetles. The PDS-1 was functionally similar to the much bigger IBM 2250, which cost 30 times more. It was a significant step forward towards computer workstations and modern displays.
The PDS-1 consisted of a CRT monitor, keyboard, light pen, and a control panel on a small desk with most electronic logic in the desk pedestal. The electronics included a simple 16-bit minicomputer, 8-16 kilobytes of magnetic-core memory, and a display processor for driving CRT beam movements.
IMLAC is not an acronym but is the name of a poet-philosopher from Samuel Johnson's novel, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.[2]
^"The computer display review" (PDF). March 1970. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2024.
^PDS-4 system reference manual: Preliminary. IMLAC Corporation, 1974.
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