17 Apr
2014
17 Apr
'14
10 a.m.
On 17-04-14 18:11, Richard wrote:
4002 was the first. I've never heard of anyone that has one, much
less seen any pieces listed anywhere for sale. I'd put that at even
rarer than the Uniscope. After that is 4010 of which many were made.
we at hack42.nl have a 4002a. got it in a collection coming from a
university together with a vax11/750, wang 220, olivetti programma 101
and some other goodies like a serial punchtape reader/puncher and a lear
siegler adm-3. xmas was on a completely wrong date last year...
True.
I am, but it's slow going as I have no period experience with the
stuff and the documentation is all written in IBM-ese.
The brain of the 2260 is the 2848 Control Unit, and it actually has
the frame buffer, control logic, comms, etc. for a number of 2260s,
which are nothing more than video monitors with keyboards. Big box,
with a mercury delay line system inside. It would be unreasonable to
think that any of these were saved, but as we all know, people have
saved weird things.
IBM 2260? I thought you were talking about the brain behind the IST II.
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Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
Tek 401x? Made in gigantic quantities and still
fairly obtainable,
although not for cheap (was it ever?)
I was thinking the very first Tek terminals (4001?). From the model number you might think 4006 was
made earlier, but it
wasn't (4010 is 1973; 4006 is 1975).
DEC VT05? I have not seen one up for sale, I
don't think this was
made in very high volume compared to VT5x and certainly not compared
to VT1xx.
No, but try to find a serious DECcollector that does not want one. IBM
terminals? I know nothing about them.
Learn. *Although good luck getting the brain.
With the cyber emulator, that part is easy to handle and much more
friendly to your wallet :).