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IMLAC

IMLAC Corporation was an American electronics company in Needham, Massachusetts, that manufactured graphical display systems, mainly the PDS-1 and PDS-4, in the late 1960s and 1970s.

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Refreshed vector display

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Founded
1968; 58 years ago (1968) in Needham, Massachusetts
Industry
Electronics
Defunct
1979; 47 years ago (1979)
Fate
Acquired by Hazeltine Corporation
Products
Graphical display systems · Graphical terminals · Computer workstations

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Timeline of products

Refreshed vector display

Dual processors

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Pixels replace vector displays

Emulation

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IMLAC

Nodes102
Edges101
Triples68
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
Components1

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IMLAC

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related to Timeline of products · 24
IMLAC → Dynagraphic, First, Fortran-coded, Hazeltine Corporation, Hazeltine's Imlac Dynagraphic Series, II, Imlac Corporation, It, Its, OEM, PDP, PDS-1, PDS-1's, PDS-1D, PDS-1G, PDS-2, PDS-4, RAM, SIGGRAPH's CORE, The DEC GT40
related to External links · 17
IMLAC → An, Blinkenlights Archaeological Institute, Computer Networks, From, Imlac AnatomyAt, Imlac PDS-1, Imlac PDS-1BitRot, Imlac Software Library, Imlac Software LibraryLars Brinkhoff's, It, Josh Dersch's Imlac, NLS, Notice, PDS-1, Sharing, The Heralds Of Resource, Tom Uban's Restored PDS-1D
related to Pixels replace vector displays · 9
IMLAC → Chuck Thacker, GUI, Imlac PDS-1's, Moore's Law, Raster, The, The Alto, Xerox Alto, Xerox PARC
related to Emulation · 6
IMLAC → An, GitHub, In, Labs, Museum, Seattle-based Living Computers
Products · 3
IMLAC → Computer workstations, Graphical display systems, Graphical terminals
Defunct · 1
IMLAC → 1979; 47 years ago (1979)
Fate · 1
IMLAC → Acquired by Hazeltine Corporation
Founded · 1
IMLAC → 1968; 58 years ago (1968) in Needham, Massachusetts
Industry · 1
IMLAC → Electronics

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pds-1 display graphics computer memory much vector displays could beam used system crt minicomputer text screen systems introduced processor applications

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IMLACDefunct1979; 47 years ago (1979)1.00infobox
IMLACFateAcquired by Hazeltine Corporation1.00infobox
IMLACFounded1968; 58 years ago (1968) in Needham, Massachusetts1.00infobox
IMLACIndustryElectronics1.00infobox
IMLACProductsGraphical display systems1.00infobox
IMLACProductsGraphical terminals1.00infobox
IMLACProductsComputer workstations1.00infobox
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the AED767instance ofraster graphics terminals0.80text
the Terak 8510/a UCSD Pascal machineinstance ofAnd by easily programmed personal workstations with raster graphics0.80text
the high performance PERQ Unix systeminstance ofAnd by easily programmed personal workstations with raster graphics0.80text

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