In article <20081001043053.GB1961 at usap.gov>,
Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at usap.gov> writes:
I have little experience with newer terminals, but the
one I've wanted
for a while is a GiGi (VK100?).
I had seen one of these when it first came out. I think we got a poor
demo at the time from what I read of the specifications now.
I picked up a couple of these from ebay recently. Lately I've been
reorganizing my collection in my basement and I now have a room full
of quite a bit of graphics hardware:
+----------+ +----------+
|Rack 1 | |Rack 2 |
| | | |
+----------+ +----------+
+-++---+
|5|| 6 |
+---+ +-++---+ +---+
Rack| Rack|
|3 | |4 |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
+---+ +---+
Rack 1: SGI Rack 1
2 Indigo^2 (Teal and Purple)
2 Indigo
3 Octane
3 Octane
Rack 2: SGI Rack 2
2 O2, 1 Indy
3 Octane
3 Octane
3 Octane
Rack 3: Work Rack
Commodore 64, Apple ][e
Tektronix 4051
Mac Classic, HP 2645A terminal
VT220, HP 2640B terminal
VT320, Beehive terminal
Rack 4: Graphics Decades Rack
3 HP 1351A graphics generators, 1 DEC GIGI terminal
Control Data 110 Microcomputer System (PLATO terminal)
Terak Graphics Workstation
SGI Personal Iris 4D/35, CDC Cyber 910, SGI Personal Iris 4D/20
5 - Tektronix 4010 terminal
6 - Tektronix 4114 terminal
Worst case, I suppose, is that it boots up headless
and you know it's
up when the login prompt shows up on the screen.
You can always put the PC connectors on the back and plug in a second
keyboard, second monitor and a mouse into your "VT100". :-)
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