6 Sep
2018
6 Sep
'18
12:49 p.m.
On Sep 6, 2018, at 3:42 PM, William Donzelli
<wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
For oddball VTs, there is the VT71/t (and its nearly identical twin the VT72) which is an
LSI-11 based full file text editing terminal for the Typeset-11 product line. Also the
VT20, the predecessor of that one (perhaps a prototype -- I don't know how many
shipped). That uses an 11/05 as the engine, which drives two independent displays in VT05
cabinets. I've only seen it once, in the Typeset-11 development lab, tucked in a
corner (not running).
BTW, the VT71 is an example of a MOP booted device, loaded via an async serial line.
paul
2. It was the first DEC terminal with a
detachable keyboard (not counting the GT-40) and if you needed an extension cord, you
could just get a headphone cord at Radio Shack.
The VT27 preceded the VT100, being a VT52 with a detachable keyboard -
but there is a good possibility few to none actually shipped. It shows
up in some of the DECdirectories (as do a lot of oddball VTs).