22 May
1999
22 May
'99
2:29 p.m.
<So I would be penalized for getting my SWTPC CT-1024 video terminal to wor
<and enter it? First I changed the number of characters/ line from 32 to 64
Common mod, mine has it too.
<Then I added a cassette "bit bopper" to it. I found the 60Hz line sync
BIT boffer, Kilobaud. common enough and aimed at CT1024.
The 60hz sync was a component problem and once the offending pot and cap
were replaced I found it to be very stable.
<didn't work right, so took it out. Lastly, I added some graphics display i
<parallel to the characters. Now 20 or so years later, it doesn't seem to
<work, and the "original" ic's are all soldered in.
likely forgot how to turn it on. ;)
Seriously, the VFC Vintage criteria if applied as it is to old cars a
chopped and decked 49 Chevy is a valid entrant even if the engine is
a later model. The key is it's not catagorized as stock/restored.
Like Tim said, nont one member of LICA has a "pure" machine. Some part
was non stock and often the reason was price or availability. I can't say
how many Altair and IMSAIs with floppies from neither vendor were seen.
If anything a pure machine was more the TRS80 era or later when a vendor
would actually sell all the desired parts.
Allison