26 Jun
2015
26 Jun
'15
6:59 p.m.
From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
I just picked up a couple of AT&T terminals, a 730+
and a 5620 "Blit"
terminal.
Some people have *all* the luck.
I read on one of the several FAQs that I can use an
AT&T 4410 terminal
keyboard with the 730+.
It's been a long time, but I'm pretty sure the keyboard is the same across
the AT&T 600 & 700 series terminal lines. I'm pretty sure the 4410 is the
same.
I've found the trove of old Blit apps, etc. and see
how tortuous the
path is to get layers working, etc.,
Not sure if anyone has tried to build it in a decade or so, but it did at
one time build on BSD 4.x. Obviously SVr3 and SVr4 are easier. No idea
about Linux, but I suspect it would be painful.
but for now, I've got a couple
old terminals that are entirely unlike any of the DEC terminals >I have,
so that
by itself is cool.
Rub it in :-)
KJ