12 Mar
2013
12 Mar
'13
2:43 a.m.
Also included in my recent haul of DECquipment was a DECwriter III printing terminal. This
is believed to be functional, but missing the "N" key and the outermost key in
the low left (adjacent to CTRL and SHIFT, is that "ALT"? "NO SCL"?).
Just asking if anybody got those as spares from an old junker and might be persuaded to
part with them.
TIA, yours sincerely,
Arno
12 Mar
12 Mar
4:08 a.m.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 07:43:41AM +0100, Arno Kletzander wrote:
Also included in my recent haul of DECquipment was a
DECwriter III printing
terminal. This is believed to be functional, but missing the "N" key and the
outermost key in the low left (adjacent to CTRL and SHIFT, is that "ALT"?
"NO
SCL"?). Just asking if anybody got those as spares from an old junker and
might be persuaded to part with them.
Alt?! Bite your tongue!!! :-)
It's "VIEW". It moves the printhead out of the way (for when auto-view is
disabled) so you can see what you just typed. Sorry, I don't have spares.
John Wilson
D Bit
13 Mar
13 Mar
12:15 p.m.
In article <20130312064341.153480 at gmx.net>,
"Arno Kletzander" <Arno_1983 at gmx.de> writes:
Also included in my recent haul of DECquipment was a
DECwriter III printing
terminal. This is believed to be functional, but missing the "N" key and
the outermost key in the low left (adjacent to CTRL and SHIFT, is that
"ALT"? "NO SCL"?). Just asking if anybody got those as spares from an
old
junker and might be persuaded to part with them.
I believe the keycaps are the same physical shape as those on a VT100
keyboard -- they certainly come off as easy as those on a VT100.
This picture shows a nice view of the LA-120 keyboard:
<http://www.tpsoft.com/museum_images/DecWriter%20III.JPG>
If you don't care about the labelling but just want a keycap, a VT100
keyboard may suffice as a cheap source of compatiable keycaps. If
you want the correctly labelled keycap, you're going to need to find
an LA-120 keycap replacement kit or find one that someone is junking.
Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> may have a keycaps field service kit,
you could contact him directly.
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12:28 p.m.
On 03/12/2013 02:43 AM, Arno Kletzander wrote:
Also included in my recent haul of DECquipment was a
DECwriter III
printing terminal. This is believed to be functional, but missing the
"N" key and the outermost key in the low left (adjacent to CTRL and
SHIFT, is that "ALT"? "NO SCL"?). Just asking if anybody got those
as
spares from an old junker and might be persuaded to part with them.
I believe I can "hook you up", as they say. Send me your shipping
address off-list.
-Dave
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