14 Aug
2020
14 Aug
'20
5:52 a.m.
On 8/13/20 5:04 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
On 13/08/2020 22:29, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote:
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
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)1.1).
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