Big Score at Dayton Hamvention RCA VIP 3301 terminal

I only got to spend Friday morning at the Hamvention, but I think my biggest find was an RCA VIP-3301 terminal. I remember seeing ads for this 20+ years ago. The seller started off asking $50, but I talked him down to $10. eBay eat your heart out! Inside, the 1800-series chips are the following - 1802, 1854, 1869, 1870, several 1852 I/O ports, a couple of 1856 latches?, one 1867, and one 1823. The RAM appears to be five 2114 chips, the rest is glue logic and some level converter hardware, including optoisolators for the switch-selectable 20mA mode. The configuration jumpers read as the following: UC U & LC E/O M/S E/M O/S 2SB 1SB F-DPX H-DPX CTRL OFF 40/24 20/12 CL EIA LOCAL LINE 110 300 1200 4800 9600 19.2K And the backplate has the following - volume pot, speaker on/off switch, RCA video-out jack, unmarked 5-pin DIN, DB25F serial connector, 5-pin DIN marked "POWER" and a power switch. There is a LM340T bolted to the case inside, so presumably, it takes in something around 7-9VDC and regulates it down to +5VDC, but since the design is 100% CMOS and Linear circuits, it doesn't _have_ to be exactly that. So... beyond the obvious things I've mentioned, does anyone have any interesting comments about this beastie? At this point, I have no idea if the membrane keyboard is any good. I have yet to power it on. Thanks in advance, -ethan ===== Even though my old e-mail address is no longer going to vanish, please note my new public address: erd(a)iname.com The original webpage address is still going away. The permanent home is: http://penguincentral.com/ See http://ohio.voyager.net/ for details. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/