22 Jan
2012
22 Jan
'12
5 p.m.
On Sat, 22 Jan 2012, Richard Atkinson wrote:
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.
You can probably use minicom on Linux, since it emulates the V100.
Granted it's nowhere near as Kewl as having a VT100 sitting next to the
unit :-)
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
I remember sitting in the New England Digital demo room listening to one
of their experts run through the entire bag of tricks on the
Direct-to-Disk equipped Synclavier. For 1987, it was sheer magic.
Steve
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