25 Aug
2014
25 Aug
'14
5:16 p.m.
Not my auction -- just noticed this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-PDT-11-Console-and-Digital-Equipme…
Apparently includes software and documentation as well, who knows how much
or what it is.
Local pick-up only (in MA), but a nice haul for someone, for a decent
price. I think this was listed last week and didn't sell...
- Josh
25 Aug
25 Aug
5:28 p.m.
On Aug 25, 2014, at 17:16 , Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
Not my auction -- just noticed this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-PDT-11-Console-and-Digital-Equipme…
Looks like a nice deal for somebody local!
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
6:56 p.m.
Not my auction -- just noticed this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-PDT-11-Console-and-Digital-Equipme…
Apparently includes software and documentation as well, who knows how much
or what it is.
Local pick-up only (in MA), but a nice haul for someone, for a decent
price. I think this was listed last week and didn't sell...
I wonder if it was one of the surplus systems sold to employees,
that's how I got my PDT150/VT62/LA34 combo (all now long gone)...
Phil
10:13 p.m.
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 09:56:47PM -0400, Phil Budne wrote:
I wonder if it was one of the surplus systems sold to
employees,
that's how I got my PDT150/VT62/LA34 combo (all now long gone)...
I'm sure you're right. I bought this same PDT/VT62/LA36 set from a
DEC employee in 1984. Still have the PDT...
John Wilson
D Bit
27 Aug
27 Aug
6:30 a.m.
* Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> [140825 20:16]:
Not my auction -- just noticed this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-PDT-11-Console-and-Digital-Equipme…
Apparently includes software and documentation as well, who knows how much
or what it is.
Local pick-up only (in MA), but a nice haul for someone, for a decent
price. I think this was listed last week and didn't sell...
- Josh
I'll be going for this as I'm in the area and it's in my primary
interest range.
I'll let people know what came with it if I happen to win.
Thanks!
Todd
29 Aug
29 Aug
4:55 a.m.
On 8/27/14, 9:30 AM, Todd Goodman wrote:
I'll be going for this as I'm in the area and
it's in my primary
interest range. I'll let people know what came with it if I happen to
win. Thanks! Todd
fyi, me too... I could certainly use the scope and terminal
and I
drive by their place very often...
-brad
27 Aug
27 Aug
8:06 a.m.
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-PDT-11-Console-and-Digital-Equipme…
Apparently includes software and documentation as well, who knows how much
or what it is.
Has anyone here ever used an application that required a VT62? I've
read the docs but never encountered any software that used the
features unique to the model.
-ethan
8:14 a.m.
On Aug 27, 2014, at 11:06 AM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Josh Dersch
<derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
As far as I remember, the VT62 was designed for TRAX, which was an RSX-based OS (for
transaction processing applications) that was cancelled about a week after its V1.0
release.
I didn?t realize they were sold as part of employee packages. Makes some sense, it would
be a good way to get rid of otherwise worthless inventory.
Did the VT62 have a block transfer mode? If so, that would make it similar to the VT61/t,
which was a custom terminal in a VT52 enclosure (with a pile of very complicated looking
PCBs) sold only with Typeset-11 (as the low end terminal; high end was the VT71).
paul
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-PDT-11-Console-and-Digital-Equipme…
Apparently includes software and documentation as well, who knows how much
or what it is.
Has anyone here ever used an application that required a VT62? I've
read the docs but never encountered any software that used the
features unique to the model. 
9:18 a.m.
On 8/27/14 8:14 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
As far as I remember, the VT62 was designed for TRAX,
which was an RSX-based OS (for transaction processing applications) that was cancelled
about a week after its V1.0 release.
Guess it's time to post-process all that TRAX documentation I scanned.
Amazingly, someone I know had the code, now I have to remember where I put my copy
It is a transaction processing system that uses 3270-ish block mode displays.
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