On 9/7/18 10:00 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> The VT02 was apparently a PDP-8 device
>
> https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1185657/m2/1/high_res_d/6649931.pdf
>
This was hard to find, because web searches turn up hundreds of hits from some
dufus that mistyped VT02
On 9/6/2018 10:38 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote:
A long time ago, I had the incomplete remnants of an oddball terminal which I
retrieved from a junk pile at a small, obscure school in Pasadena. I'll try to
describe it as best I can, based on old memory. I could have sworn that it had
a
Speaking of oddball terminals, does anyone have details on Cybernex APL-100
terminals?
I acquired one a couple of years ago and have had no luck locating
documentation for them.
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> On Sep 7, 2018, at 8:41 AM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> The display was most likely a Tektronix 611. DEC used them with their point
> plot display systems like the VC8E.
I am pretty sure that the display was a 611 in its vertical configuration:
Thanks for digging that up! I had never managed to google up any details
before.
--
Mark J. Blair
http://www.nf6x.net
On 9/7/18 9:09 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote:
> The display was a fully enclosed standalone unit, not a bare chassis. It sat
> on top of the bottom chassis of the terminal and then had another cover
> fitted over it.
>
> It had screen burn which indicated its use as part of a text
> On Sep 6, 2018, at 8:49 PM, Rick Murphy via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On 9/6/2018 1:15 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>> On Sep 6, 2018, at 1:09 PM, allison via cctalk wrote:
>>> Mostly about screen memory which back then was small and not cheap.
>> True. Did the VT05 use core memory for
> On Sep 6, 2018, at 6:20 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk
> wrote:
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>
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> On 9/6/18 2:55 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
>
>> If you bought a bought a machine from DEC, you probably needed DEC terminals
>> or clones of them to get the best from it. However, the same probably
>> applied
>>
> From: Anders Nelson
> Their latest comments on Facebook mention they're about halfway there.
Yeah, but I was wanting to know how things had gone since that posting
(although I haven't looked to see if there's any update). As of last night,
they'd made significant progress past what was
> From: Paul Koning
> inside are a whole pile of boards, all single-sided etch with many
> hundreds of jumpers to compensate for not being two-sided. Not cheap,
> presumably
If memory serves, didn't the VT52 also have single-sided boards with a whole
bunch of jumper wires?
> On Sep 7, 2018, at 8:46 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> From: Paul Koning
>
>> inside are a whole pile of boards, all single-sided etch with many
>> hundreds of jumpers to compensate for not being two-sided. Not cheap,
>> presumably
>
> If memory serves, didn't the VT52 also
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Carlo Pisani via cctalk
wrote:
> I am building my own VT100 terminal (FPGA project), and it will be
> laptop-shape :P
Trend Data System (the company that made some very nice paper tape readers
made/sold such a terminal many years ago. There were at least 2
I just put up some pictures of the vt02, 05, 20, and 71t
under http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal
On 9/7/18 10:45 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote:
> Thanks for digging that up! I had never managed to google up any details
> before.
>
> --
> Mark J. Blair
> http://www.nf6x.net
>
interesting.. the vt71t has inverted-T cursor keys
On 9/7/18 11:57 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> I just put up some pictures of the vt02, 05, 20, and 71t
> under http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal
>
> From: Al Kossow
> I just put up some pictures of the vt02, 05
Those useable for the CHWiki (with credit, of course)?
Oddly enough, I just did the article on the VT05 about a week ago!
Noel
> On Sep 7, 2018, at 2:57 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> I just put up some pictures of the vt02, 05, 20, and 71t
> under http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal
Nice, working photos of a VT20. I'd forgotten the oddball keys on the side.
In the VT71 picture, you can see the UDKs --
That’s it! The terminal I had was definitely the one in this picture:
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/vt02/vt02_1.jpg
--
Mark J. Blair
http://www.nf6x.net
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 6:33 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> wrote:
> > I am building my own VT100 terminal (FPGA project), and it will be
> > laptop-shape :P
>
> Trend Data System (the company that made some very nice paper tape
> On Sep 7, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
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>
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 5:33 PM Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
> mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
> I also looked at the keyboards on my Symbolics machines, and where I’d like
> to have the control key is the “rubout” key. But
On Sep 7, 2018, at 12:00, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> interesting.. the vt71t has inverted-T cursor keys
And CAPS LOCK in the home row to the left of the A key. The VT220 made it
w-i-d-e. Can we now fix the blame for the two of the three worst ideas in
computer keyboard design on
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 5:33 PM Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I also looked at the keyboards on my Symbolics machines, and where I’d
> like to have the control key is the “rubout” key. But given that there are
> no fewer than 5 “shift” keys on the Symbolics
> On Sep 7, 2018, at 4:15 PM, Frank McConnell via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On Sep 7, 2018, at 12:00, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
>> interesting.. the vt71t has inverted-T cursor keys
>
> And CAPS LOCK in the home row to the left of the A key. The VT220 made it
> w-i-d-e. Can we now fix the
Hi,
I have an HP 260 that I'd like to find a new home for.
I'm currently thinking of taking it to the ham radio / antique-computer
swapmeet
(ASVARO, held at Fry's Sunnyvale, CA, tomorrow morning).
Thought I'd mention it here in case someone was interested in it.
For those unfamiliar with it,
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 5:16 PM Frank McConnell via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Sep 7, 2018, at 12:00, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> > interesting.. the vt71t has inverted-T cursor keys
>
> And CAPS LOCK in the home row to the left of the A key. The VT220 made it
> w-i-d-e. Can
On 09/07/2018 02:55 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote:
That’s it! The terminal I had was definitely the one in this picture:
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/vt02/vt02_1.jpg
The display is actually a Tektronix 611 direct-view storage
tube.
Jon
you need to plan a trip to grand canyon! ... odd enough I never saw one of
these computers in az. ed#
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On Friday, September 7, 2018 Stan Sieler via cctalk wrote:
Hi,
I have an HP 260 that I'd like to find a new home for.
I'm currently thinking of taking it to the ham
had a tectronix terminal like this also had a slide out drawer with
many small gold plated cards looked like the earliest tecx made
terminal for graphics I had ever seen. was heavy very heavy and very
long with I still had it... it was back in the mid 80s I
I have a teletype 40PSU101 I can drop off at VCFMW or mail, but is is a bit
heavy.
If you have any interest, please contact me off list.
Thanks, Paul
If anyone has serious interest in one, please contact mo off list.. I can
bring it to VCFMW.
Thanks, Paul
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