1 Mar
2003
1 Mar
'03
2:36 p.m.
George R. Gonzalez wrote:
I'm in a bit of an embarrasing situation-- after
getting this nice Model
32 WU tty, tsting it out, finding out it works perfectly, I finally
realize -- I don't have any space for it! ... So I've reluctantly put it
up for auction on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3010656618
I just realized, *after* bidding, that this TTY on eBay is a 32, not a 33.
Oops. Since it uses baudot code instead of ASCII and has a rotary dialer on
its CCU, is it useless as a terminal for a PDP-11? What would be required to
make it useful for a terminal?
I'm thinking that I should cancel my bid. I want a TTY solely to have a
period terminal for my PDP-11/20. :-/
Yes, I have read the following in the "vital poop" thread:
Before you spend big bucks on ebay
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A Model 33 has a four-row keyboard (not including the space bar).
A Model 32 has a three-row keyboard (not including the space bar).
The 33 is ascii, and the 32 is baudot.
You cannot (prctically) modify a 32 into a 33.
--
Jeffrey Sharp