17 Dec
2012
17 Dec
'12
12:23 p.m.
On Dec 17, 2012, at 12:06 PM, mc68010 wrote:
I know you guys love the Symbolic 3620 stuff. It's
a Unfortunately, local pickup only in Tarrytown, NY. No monitor but, keyboard and mouse.
Sma guy has a MacIvory 2 for sale too.
What sort of video out did these guys have and how hard would it be to find a monitor
that worked ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110991206525
The issue is that the Symbolics machines of the 36xx generations (L & G machines)
didn't have a monitor per se. They had a "console". There was one cable
from
the CPU to the "console" which contained the monitor. The keyboard & mouse
plugged into the console. It's a fairly complicated beast (see
http://www.loper-os.org/?p=52).
There does exist a "console box" (see
http://www.asl.dsl.pipex.com/symbolics/photos/IO/console-box.html) but that only allows
you to attach the keyboard and mouse when
you're using a color monitor (which unfortunately the 3620 doesn't support?not
enough slots).
You could contact David Schmidt (sales at symbolics-dks.com) to see if he'd be willing
to sell a "naked" 17" or 19" monochrome console.
TTFN - Guy