Jim wrote....
for the St. Louis collectors this might be
interesting.
Well, it's very interesting to me and I'm in St. Louis. But the
terminal is
in Long Beach, CA. I guess you're referring to Micro-Term having been a St.
Louis based company?
This ACT V was the most common one used on the HP2000/Access system I used
in high school, so big-time "nostalgia value" for me. I've been looking for
one of these for a long time. But did you see the shipping charge on that
thing??? It showed $134 for me. Even if I got it at the opening bid that'd
still be a $200 terminal and that's just a bit steep :) I guess I don't need
one *that* bad.
I had both this one, and the small
keyboard package (ACT-I?) which fed composite video as well.
I'm fairly sure
the one you are speaking of is an ACT-IVa. That's the one
that was a small stand-alone keyboard and typically connected to an external
9" sanyo. I do have one of those units. The IVa should not be confused with
a IVb, which looks very different. The IVb looks much like the V. The main
visual way to differentiate between the IVb and the V is the IVb has the
power and local/online rocker switches on the upright portion of the
terminal front, right next to the monitor screen. The V had the power switch
on the rear, and the line/local switch was a key on the keyboard.
At the very end, my high school replaced all the ACT IVb's and V's with Mime
I's. These were really sweet terminals. To me, just the right balance of
good keyboard feel, unusually sharp screen, and rather small form factor.
maybe Jay might like this one if he doesn't have
one already.
I would like it very much. But can't do that kind of price!
Jay