Hello,
I'm looking for a bit of information regarding old terminals. My New
England Digital Synclavier II (an old computer based music synthesizer) has
the option of having a terminal connected via RS232, and the manual
specifically mentions the following three terminals:
VT100
VT640
ADM-3A
Am I correct in understanding the first two are by DEC (Digital Equipment
Corporation) and the third one is by Lear Siegler? How common were and are
these three terminals? I'd like to get hold of one for use with the
Synclavier, just wondering what views people hold on them, both from a
popularity point of view and in terms of usability. Presumably you get a
slightly different experience using all three, at least in terms of build
quality, display type, keyboard type etc, if not in terms of supported
terminal modes as well.
Curious to hear what people think. If you're interested, there's a video of
me demonstrating the Synclavier on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuUh4eIE3-k
Richard