21 Oct
2015
21 Oct
'15
9:03 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: "william degnan" <billdegnan at gmail.com>
Sent: ?21/?10/?2015 12:51
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <
cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Rod Smallwood <
rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
robert.jarratt at
ntlworld.com> wrote:
VT 100's have one weak point. The monitor is
a bought in part from Ball
Bros.
The Ball supplied drive board burns up a diode and cap. It will be
obvious on inspection of the board.
I have never been able to get a circuit diagram or I'd do a replacement
board.
Needless to say the DEC parts are mde of sterner stuff
Rod
Is that true of the vt102 as well?
Bill
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Robert Jarratt < I had forgotten about that. There is a useful page on
this somewhere, but
I am away from home and can't get the link right now. Will try to send out
the link later.
Regards
Rob
I have one of each, I use the VT102 for "every day" use and save the VT100
for holidays and leap year day, etc. Assuming the VT100 is more
fragile...needs to be run periodically but not too much.
Bill
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Bill