20 Jun
2012
20 Jun
'12
12:14 a.m.
I think it is anyway,.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110897384303
Dec VT Lan 40 terminal. Appears that it might take PS2 kb and mouse,
and vga display. $75. Only mention because of the recent threads on
dec terminals and the like.
Jim
20 Jun
20 Jun
1:07 a.m.
On Jun 19, 2012 9:19 PM, "jim s" <jws at jwsss.com> wrote:
I think it is anyway,.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110897384303
Dec VT Lan 40 terminal. Appears that it might take PS2 kb and mouse, and
vga
display. $75. Only mention because of the recent threads on dec
terminals and the like.
Jim
Is this the same thing?
http://www.keyways.com/vtlan40.html
Sounds like an x86 pizzabox (same size as VT525?) that runs Windows 3.1 and
probably just runs a terminal emulator app? If so, doesn't sound too
exciting.
1:21 a.m.
On Jun 19, 2012 9:19 PM, "jim s" <jws at
jwsss.com> wrote:
> I think it is anyway,.
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/110897384303
> Dec VT Lan 40 terminal. Appears that it
might take PS2 kb and mouse,
and vga display. $75. Only mention because of the
recent threads on dec
terminals and the like.
Jim
Is this the same thing?
http://www.keyways.com/vtlan40.html
Sounds like an x86 pizzabox (same size as VT525?) that runs Windows 3.1
1:47 a.m.
On 6/19/2012 10:21 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
and
probably just runs a terminal emulator app? If so, doesn't sound too
exciting.
Responding to my own first reply, after reading the linked description
further it boots its software from ROM instead of just being a generic low
end Windows 3.1 box so that somehow makes it seem more interesting to me.
Built in DECNet and LAT support in addition to TCP/IP would be useful for
connecting to DEC boxes too.
Anyone have one of these that they use?
Glen
the only thing I saw in the listing you pointed out is that the video
sucks. It would be adequate to usable for text, but graphics, not so much.
Jim
On Jun 19,
2012 9:19 PM, "jim s" <jws at jwsss.com> wrote:
> I think it is anyway,.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/110897384303
>
> Dec VT Lan 40 terminal. Appears that it might take PS2 kb and mouse,
and vga
display. $75. Only mention because of the recent threads on dec
terminals and the like.
Jim
Is this the same thing?
http://www.keyways.com/vtlan40.html
Sounds like an x86 pizzabox (same size as VT525?) that runs Windows 3.1 
8:58 a.m.
In article <4FE16406.7040409 at jwsss.com>,
jim s <jws at jwsss.com> writes:
the only thing I saw in the listing you pointed out is
that the video
sucks. It would be adequate to usable for text, but graphics, not so much.
It's not bad for it's time:
Graphics support
- 640 x 480 with 256 colors
- 800 x 600 with 256 colors
- 1024 x 768 with 16 colors
800x600 256 colors is pretty typical VGA for the period.
Hell, that's better than Tektronix graphics terminals of the mid 80s
:-).
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21 Jun
12:39 a.m.
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Richard wrote:
In article <4FE16406.7040409 at jwsss.com>, jim
s <jws at jwsss.com> writes:
Given the specs, it most likely has 256KB of video memory, but because it
is using some PC-type hardware, it /might/ even be possible to shoehorn
512KB or even 1MB in there by swapping out DIPs. In theory, software
permitting, 1MB of video memory would allow 256 color mode (8bpp) at
1024x768 or 65K color mode (16bpp) at either 640x480 or 800x600.
Windows 3.1 itself could happily handle 1024x768 at 16M colors (32bpp) if
the video adapter had enough memory [4MB, actually 3072KB, or
(1024x768x32) / 8192 = 3072].
the only thing I saw in the listing you pointed
out is that the video
sucks. It would be adequate to usable for text, but graphics, not so much.
It's not bad for it's time:
Graphics support
- 640 x 480 with 256 colors
- 800 x 600 with 256 colors
- 1024 x 768 with 16 colors
800x600 256 colors is pretty typical VGA for the period.
Hell, that's better than Tektronix graphics terminals of the mid 80s
:-).
20 Jun
20 Jun
6:59 a.m.
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Glen Slick wrote:
The Digital DE205 "EtherWORKS 3 Turbo Plus" is an ISA card, so it
certainly has some sort of PC type hardware under the hood. The bracket
and connector placement alone gave it away as a DE205 even before I
noticed it mentioned further down in the listing. The 205 was the only DEC
ethernet card that I'm aware of that had the two LEDs in between the AUI
and BNC connectors.
One of the archived posts from comp.terminals
ftp://ftp.cs.utk.edu/pub/shuford/terminal/dec_terminals_news.txt mentions
"The windowing interface is a burned-in customized subset of Microsoft
Windows." so I guess it used some part of Windows 3.1.
It sounds like it -might- be 386SX based. Can anyone confirm this?
I can think of some real benefits to a terminal that supports a PS/2
keyboard and VGA monitor, including IP-based KVM systems.
If I could only find an inexpensive flyback for my VT340...
On Jun 19,
2012 9:19 PM, "jim s" <jws at jwsss.com> wrote:
Responding to my own first reply, after reading the linked description
further it boots its software from ROM instead of just being a generic low
end Windows 3.1 box so that somehow makes it seem more interesting to me.
Built in DECNet and LAT support in addition to TCP/IP would be useful for
connecting to DEC boxes too.
Anyone have one of these that they use? I think it is anyway,.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110897384303
Dec VT Lan 40 terminal. Appears that it might take PS2 kb and mouse,
and vga display. $75. Only mention because of the recent threads on
dec terminals and the like.
Is this the same thing?
http://www.keyways.com/vtlan40.html
Sounds like an x86 pizzabox (same size as VT525?) that runs Windows 3.1
and probably just runs a terminal emulator app? If so, doesn't sound
too exciting. 
9:14 a.m.
I can think of some real benefits to a terminal that
supports a PS/2
keyboard and VGA monitor, including IP-based KVM systems.
Alpha Micro produced a line of rebadged WinTerms that had built-in ZTERM
terminal emulation. I have one that I picked up at an estate sale, but I
haven't found a place to stash it yet (my Alpha Micros all use more
conventional serial terminals).
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