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From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:26

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On 2018-04-06, Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

> At the University of Alberta, instead of copying the PDP-8 based Data 
> Concentrator, they had a Front-End Communication Processor based on a PDP-11.

A friend built IMSAIs to act as data concentrators for the B1700 he was
working on.  I built my IMSAI from his spare parts.

Later, when the company switched to a System/3, he got into all sorts of
interesting arguments with IBM support when the data wouldn't flow.

  Terry: The voltage levels on your serial ports aren't standard.
  IBM rep: IBM standards state that (non-RS-232 spec.)
  Terry: Are your serial ports RS-232 compliant?
  IBM rep: Yes.
  Terry: Well, RS-232 states that...

He eventually got them to back down and make the port RS-232 compliant.

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