Equipment Detail

IDM (1965 December)
Strand

First fully working lighting control system with Instant Dimmer Memory.
This first version was known as IDM/DL. It was later redesigned and re-named MSR (or IDM/MSR).
A total of 20 IDM/DL or IDM/MSR systems were installed between 1966 and 1972.

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Documents

IDM
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From Alan Luxford Collection

IDM
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From Alan Luxford Collection

IDM Draft Operating Instructions
[2.04Mb PDF]
From Jim Laws Collection

Photo: Original IDM Desk
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From Alan Luxford Collection

IDM Draft Instructions (1965)
[3.54Mb PDF]
From Jim Laws Collection

IDM / DL Instant Dimmer Memory Datasheet (May 1967)
[19.63Mb PDF]
From Frederick Brown Collection

IDM/DL/TV-BBC Specification (March 1968)
Written by Fred Bentham, PRS, B Bear
[25Mb PDF]
From Bob Anderson Collection

Photo: IDM/DL Console Opened (March 1968)
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From Bob Anderson Collection

Photo: IDM/DL Console Showing Special Controls (March 1968)
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From Bob Anderson Collection

Photo: IDM/DL Storage Rack (March 1968)
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From Bob Anderson Collection

1969 Catalogue - Page 12 (1969)
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From Strand Archive

IDM/R Mk2 Equipment Specification (1969)
[3.3Mb PDF]
From Jim Laws Collection

IDM/DL Instant Dimmer Memory Lighting Control manual (July 1969)
Part 1: Function and Operation
[2.4Mb PDF]
From Frederick Brown Collection

1971 Stage Lighting (p.15) (October 1971)
[176kb ]
From Strand Archive

Photo: IDM Installation in Prague State Opera House (1973)
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From Bob Hartley Collection

Advert - Theatre Crafts May/June 1975 (May 1975)
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From Backstage Heritage Collection

Memory Lighting Control Systems 1967-1985 (June 1985)
[757kb PDF]
From Jim Laws Collection

LSI - Classic Gear - IDM (September 2015)
[853kb PDF]
From Lighting & Sound International

Exhibits in the Backstage Heritage Collection

IDM (Mark 2)
From The NEET Collection

IDM Control Desk (1972)
From the New London Theatre
From The NEET Collection

IDM Sperry Memory Rack (1972)

Journal Entries for IDM in the Backstage Heritage Collection

DDM - A Revolution in Lighting Control (TABS - 1971)

Back to Control - Memory (Strand)

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