On 8/13/20 5:04 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: > On 13/08/2020 22:29, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote: >> Thanks Aaron. The DEC display is quite a bit newer than the old Plato >> design. I had one of the Plato >> terminals at one time and am quite familiar with them. I also had a digivue >> standalone display at >> one time, but don't recall what I did with it over the course of the years. >> At that time, I did have >> a full manual for it, including schematics, but I'm sure that went with the >> display to it's new >> home. >> >> I need to open the DEC VRE01 to see what the design looks like. The newer >> design allowed it to be >> very compact... >> >> --tom > > > This (https://eisner.decus.org/anon/htnotes/range?f1=INDUSTRY_NEWS&f2=491.0) > suggests that the > VRE01 was made by Planar Systems, Inc., of Beaverton, OR. > > Perhaps that might point you towards actual documentation. > > There's also a fact sheet > (https://eisner.decus.org/anon/htnotes/range?f1=INDUSTRY_NEWS&f2=491.1). > > > > I do remember the VRE01 appearing in the DEC catalogues of the 1990s but I > never saw one in real > life. Perhaps the $11K price tag explains that :-) > > > Antonio > > That's some good information. Thanks Antonio. Yes, they were pricey, and nearing the end of DECs rule, fortunately I didn't pay more than a couple hundred for it.
--tom
