20 Jul
2011
20 Jul
'11
3:39 a.m.
Rod Smallwood wrote:
The VT50 and the VT52 were a lot different to the
VT100. The VT50 I seem to
remember was 12 x 80 and the VT52 was 24 x 80.
They were large and heavy and really intended to be used on a stand. They
would fill a desktop with no trouble.
Inside the 50 and 52 were very much television technology. The boards were
large, single sided, full of wire links and made from a cheap paper based
PCB. (Phenolic?)
They had limited functions and were really glass teletypes.
Not so the VT100. A really well engineered micro processor based terminal
with more functionality than a programmer knew what to do with.
That said I would love to get a VT50 or VT52 as I have neither.
If you are ever going to be in Toronto, please come and see me.
Is it possible to ship a VT52? Any idea how much it would cost?
Jerome Fine