21 Jun
2021
21 Jun
'21
7:39 a.m.
On Jun 21, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Antonio Carlini via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
...
I can't get t mine either but I think they were originally light cream, but not
bright white.
That sounds right.
...
I remember the tube colour being green, I think I remember seeing amber and I believe
that white was an available option.
You're thinking of the VT200, which came in three colors, although at DEC fortunately
they never inflicted green on us :-). But all the earlier DEC video terminals (VT05,
VT50/52/61t/62, VT20, VT71) were white. The only exception I can think of is the GT40,
probably because that one benefits from having fairly long persistence which was available
in green phosphor but not in white.
paul