10 Apr
2015
10 Apr
'15
1:59 a.m.
On 4/10/2015 1:43 AM, Jim Stephens wrote:
To Al: There was also a system like this at USL,
which I wish had
been conveyed to you. I suspect it was not. There was a new in the
box replacement CRT because someone had had the system halt and burned
the phosphor. You had to watch the system and never let the dot
stop. If it stopped at a spot on the phosphor in the on position,
you'd etch the phosphor.
Ours (USL) never ran anything but Lander, so until someone with a
project came along, we were saving the tube. The burn didn't affect
lander much at all.
I read the link in the auction, which is Eric Smith's page on the
GT-40. It is where I got the information that Al K was involved, etc.,
so will post it to save some time, as the Ebay listing will vanish
someday, and the link to the GT-40 with it
Eric Smiths excellent page:
https://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/dec/gt40/
thanks
Jim