20 Jul
2011
20 Jul
'11
2:46 a.m.
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.
Regards
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Rod Smallwood
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-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Philipp Hachtmann
Sent: 19 July 2011 23:30
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: VT fixums
Am 13.07.2011 17:35, schrieb Rod Smallwood:
Yes it was very nice and I'd love one but it did
not have the impact that
that the VT100 did. How many VT05 compatible terminals do you know of?
Only my VT05
an another unit I've worked with.
The
VT50 and VT52 also had limited success.
Because they were ugly? No, the VT100 is
ugly as well... So I have no idea.
Ph