22 Sep
2014
22 Sep
'14
3:03 a.m.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Nigel Williams
<nigel.d.williams at gmail.com> wrote:
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From: MikeS <dm561 at torfree.net>
Several hundred pages though; might take me a while to scan them. Nag me
off-list.
Your namesake Nigel Williams down under may also have some relevant info.
Thanks for the notoriety. I just have the TD-700 reference manual as
per bitsavers in printed form.
I do singularly cosset the TD-700, having used one briefly, attached
to a B6700, however a quite frustrating terminal to use due to the
limited line-length of 32 characters - only 8-lines vertically could
be tolerated, but the limited line-length on machines that have
sequence number fields beyond column 72 meant horizontal scrolling was
essential and frequently needed. Still, the SELF-SCAN red display and
de-coupled layout (screen+keyboard+control unit all separate) heralded
future-times, so it was an iconic object just not practical.
I make the count of 4 existent TD-700s, that is pretty good for such
an unusual terminal.