21 Nov
2007
21 Nov
'07
10 a.m.
-------------Original Message:
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:31:10 -0800
From: "C. Sullivan" <feedle at feedle.net>
Subject: Re: Documentation for the AT&T Sceptre Videotex terminal
On Nov 20, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Mark Meiss wrote:
It consists of a base unit that's somewhere around
13" x 11" x 4",
connected to a (fairly wretched) chicklet keyboard with a standard
4-conductor telephone handset cord. The keyboard is powered by a
9-volt battery. On the back of the main unit are connectors for
power, the keyboard, RS-232C (DB-25 female), composite video out, and
audio out.
I had an AT&T SCEPTER terminal that was used with the Gateway service
offered in Southern California from Times-Mirror/Pacific Telephone.
It had a 1200 baud Bell 212-style modem built in. Also, the keyboard
was infrared on the model I had.
<snip>
Gateway was a killer service back in 1983. It was expensive, but it
was a lot of fun. And I remember dialing up BBSes with the SCEPTER
terminal when my C-64's power supply crapped out...
--------------Reply:
Yeah, I have one of those (keyboards) somewhere in the pile and mine's
IR as well, with the Gateway sticker still on the back. No worse than a PET
to type on (if I had something to type to ;-)
No Windows key either and not supported by Microsoft, so Woodelf would
probably like it...
m