11 Aug
2019
11 Aug
'19
5:25 p.m.
On Aug 11, 2019, at 7:45 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 1:18 AM Bob Smith via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
It looks a bit like an early concept for what became the VT71. The terminals directory
also shows a thing called VT21 which appears to be identical to the VT71. I wonder if the
VT20/b and VT21 were engineering prototypes that were later released under the name VT71.
paul
The VT20 design team was, iirc, John Kirk for the
video, and me for
the Unibus interface in the first version. The one with the slick
one shown here,
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/vt20/vt20_2.jpg
That looks pretty nice, since externally it just looks like a VT05 with
extra buttons.
The vt20/b (photos in same directory), on the other hand, is one of the
ugliest terminals I've ever seen. 