6 Jul
2012
6 Jul
'12
2:35 p.m.
In the ;
Ken Olsen Thank You Employees
video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vDjbTuwLqA&feature=related
I noticed this: http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/images/flat-panel.jpg -
the talk around this image is DEC World 1987.
Of this screen grab I know: VSXXX-GA mouse, LK201-AA keyboard.
Can anyone provide any more information please?
Regards, Mark.
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6 Jul
6 Jul
5:17 p.m.
At 10:35 PM +0100 7/6/12, Mark Wickens wrote:
video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vDjbTuwLqA&feature=related
I noticed this: http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/images/flat-panel.jpg
- the talk around this image is DEC World 1987.
Of this screen grab I know: VSXXX-GA mouse, LK201-AA keyboard.
Can anyone provide any more information please?
Unfortunately I can't remember any details, I think I heard about it years ago.
It looks a lot like the screen provided to the US Military sometime
around 1992 as part of a 3rd party Sparc portable system though.
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6:24 p.m.
Looks like a plasma screen, similar to the one of the suitcase style HP
Portable computers from the same time-frame
7 Jul
7 Jul
8:46 a.m.
Mark Wickens wrote:
video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vDjbTuwLqA&feature=related
I noticed this: http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/images/flat-panel.jpg -
the talk around this image is DEC World 1987.
Of this screen grab I know: VSXXX-GA mouse, LK201-AA keyboard.
Can anyone provide any more information please?
I don't know the DEC model number, but it used a plasma panel made by
Planar Systems. My recollection was that the resolution was slightly
more than 1024x768.
9:50 a.m.
On Sat, 7 Jul 2012, Eric Smith wrote:
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:46:07 -0700
From: Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com>
Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
;
Subject: Re: DEC Flat Panel circa 1987
Mark Wickens wrote:
Sure its plasma? Planar specialised more in EL and that yellow looks like EL
to me
(we used some Planar EL panels in the early 90s)
Peter Wallace
video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vDjbTuwLqA&feature=related
I noticed this: http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/images/flat-panel.jpg - the
talk around this image is DEC World 1987.
Of this screen grab I know: VSXXX-GA mouse, LK201-AA keyboard.
Can anyone provide any more information please?
I don't know the DEC model number, but it used a plasma panel made by Planar
Systems. My recollection was that the resolution was slightly more than
1024x768.
1:30 p.m.
On 07/07/2012 02:24 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
Peter C. Wallace wrote:
there were two different panels. A yellow EL panel that was a CSS
product and not sold much and a Neon orange also pretty
rare that was a plasma type and was 1024 by 1024. I know the latter as
I had one for a while to test and report on (I was a
Digit in central engineering). Memory says the plasma was about $5K
(1987 USD) for it, it could be hung off a VT241.
Allison
Sure its plasma? Planar specialised more in EL
and that yellow looks
like EL to me
My recollection was that DEC used a plasma panel, but I could be
wrong. I agree that the color in the photo is consistent with EL.
1:35 p.m.
New subject: DEC VRE01, was Re: DEC Flat Panel circa 1987
On 07/07/2012 12:50 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
Sure its plasma? Planar specialised more in EL and that yellow looks
like EL to me
(we used some Planar EL panels in the early 90s)
This display is a DEC VRE01. Its resolution is the "standard DEC
resolution" of 1024x864. It is a plasma display and has a BNC coaxial
input that can be driven by a VCB01, VCB02 (as a grayscale device), or
any of the DECstation/VAXstation frambuffers capable of generating
1024x864, and the VT1000/VT1200/etc X terminals.
I have one of these that I purchased brand new from Eli Heffron's (now
ELI Systems) in Massachusetts many years ago. I used it for a while on
my VT1000 (before the it was destroyed by a lightning strike; the VRE01
survived)
It is a good display with nice contrast and a very nice form factor.
I still have it, and I am planning to use it on a VAXstation-II if I
ever find a BA123 power supply.
-Dave
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vDjbTuwLqA&feature=related
I noticed this: http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/images/flat-panel.jpg
- the talk around this image is DEC World 1987.
Of this screen grab I know: VSXXX-GA mouse, LK201-AA keyboard.
Can anyone provide any more information please?
I don't know the DEC model number, but it used a plasma panel made by
Planar Systems. My recollection was that the resolution was slightly
more than 1024x768. 
3:37 p.m.
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Peter C. Wallace <pcw at mesanet.com> wrote:
Sure its plasma? Planar specialised more in EL and that yellow looks like EL
to me
(we used some Planar EL panels in the early 90s)
I've got a couple Planar ELT-320 terminals and what I think is an EGA
standalone display.
I agree - that yellow looks more like ELT to me than Plasma.
-ethan
11:39 a.m.
In article <4FF75A06.4000006 at wickensonline.co.uk>,
Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> writes:
Can anyone provide any more information please?
<http://terminals.classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/DEC_VT1000>, perhaps?
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