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American electronics company
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. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: IMLACA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The History of Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Reader, the General, and the Particular: Johnson and Imlac in Chapter Ten of RasselasCited 3 times
- Go sideways: Vector monitorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Tektronix 4010A closely related topic
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No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Reader, the General, and the Particular: Johnson and Imlac in Chapter Ten of Rasselas
Imlac and Autobiography
IMLAC display
THE PRINCE INTRODUCES IMLAC TO GENERAL SEMANTICS
Errata: The Reader, the General, and the Particular: Johnson and Imlac in Chapter Ten of Rasselas
Joint Efforts By Hazeltine And Imlac Subsidiary To Produce Low‐Cost Graphic Terminals
📚 Books worth reading
The History of Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaSamuel Johnson · 1759
Insecurity Of The British Funds : Essay On Public Credit : By David Hume ... : With Observations On The Sound And Prophetic Nature Of Its PrinciplesDavid Hume, Imlac · 2017- 📕Insecurity of the British fundsImlac · 1817
- 📕The reliability of ImlacDonald T. Siebert · 1974
- 📕Insecurity of the British fundsDavid Hume · 1817
Domestick privaciesDavid Wheeler · 1987
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