20 May
2000
20 May
'00
2:22 a.m.
liste(a)artware.qc.ca wrote:
On 19-May-2000 Vintage Computer GAWD! wrote:
Hehehe. Terminal junkie support group, anyone?
Sellam, Philip, I'd love to see pictures of any terminals in your
collections.
I'm mainly DEC VT-obsessed, but we've still got some older terminals
And if anyone would actually like to SEE one,
I've got one in my
collection.
I'm one of the rare weirdo's whom actually LIKES to collect terminals.
Oh, so I'm not the only one! :) Actually, I only have a small collection
of terminals, manual typewriters and classic computers. from other manufacturers at work that I'm hoping
will be obsolete soon.
Because we have to support systems for a very long time,
there are labs
here with various DECwriters, an LSI ADM3a and a Hazeltine terminal
(1500?).
Interesting to hear that TTYs had 72 columns, because I had wondered for
some time why the VT05 only had 20 rows of 72 columns.
Nearly 13 years ago, I worked for the UKAEA and used Lynwood Alpha
terminals, but I've been unable to find any mention of them since. I
know that Lynwood used to make TEMPEST-compliant and ruggedised
equipment for government agencies, so perhaps the Alpha was a reboxed
version of someone else's terminal.
At college we used Wyse and Cyfer terminals hooked up to a VAX 8600
running Ultrix. I've also been unable to track down any mention of Cyfer
since.