On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Ken Seefried <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ethan Dicks <[email protected]> >>I just picked up a couple of AT&T terminals, a 730+ and a 5620 "Blit" >>terminal. > > Some people have *all* the luck.
I used to work at Bell Labs/Lucent/Western Electric in Columbus. Someone else who worked there that I still have lunch with regularly was cleaning out his garage... >>I read on one of the several FAQs that I can use an AT&T 4410 terminal >>keyboard with the 730+. > > It's been a long time, but I'm pretty sure the keyboard is the same across > the AT&T 600 & 700 series terminal lines. I'm pretty sure the 4410 is the > same. That's what I've been reading. I just don't have anything remotely of the sort. > Not sure if anyone has tried to build it in a decade or so, but it did at > one time build on BSD 4.x. Obviously SVr3 and SVr4 are easier. No idea > about Linux, but I suspect it would be painful. I wasn't going to force it onto Linux... I am pretty sure I have all the discs for Interactive UNIX for the 386/486 hanging around, though. That should be SYSVish and not so painful. >>but for now, I've got a couple >>old terminals that are entirely unlike any of the DEC terminals I have, > so that by itself is cool. > > Rub it in :-) If you want to buy a DEC terminal and happen to be going to VCFmw at the end of August, I would bring one out. They are somewhat heavy to ship and need a very large box. -ethan
