23 Jun
2008
23 Jun
'08
9:19 p.m.
VT100 keyboards? I've seen some recently on e-bay,
but they could be closed by now.
I definitely saw a VT102 keyboard last night,
so that is probably still there, although it's like $50. . .
Also, while I'm looking for stuff, anyone have a
Qbus
Pertec tape drive controller that'll work in a Vax?
Thanks guys!
-Ian
I believe VMS supports the TSV05, so any TSV05-compatible
controller should work; Dilog DQ132, etc.
Coincidentally, I'll be posting one or two Pertec controllers on e-bay
tonight,
although they are (operationally) untested. They do respond to "pokes"
to the CSR / SA registers, and appear to pass self-tests, though. ;-)
T
23 Jun
23 Jun
11:06 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:19 PM, <tiggerlasv at aim.com> wrote:
I believe VMS supports the TSV05, so any TSV05-compatible
controller should work; Dilog DQ132, etc.
I have an Emulex QT13 Qbus Pertec controller that works nicely with a
Fujistu M244XAC drive in TMSCP mode. I haven't tried it in TSV05
mode. The QT13 is nice as it is easy to configure and it doesn't have
a bazillion jumpers to figure out as some other controllers do.
Which brings me to the DQ142, anyone have DQ142 docs? I have one of
those I should try sometime. The DQ132 and DU142 docs are on
bitsavers, but not the DQ142.
24 Jun
24 Jun
6:08 a.m.
In article <8CAA3AF7BF4912F-C78-24E3 at webmail-nd12.sysops.aol.com>,
tiggerlasv at aim.com writes:
VT100 keyboards? I've seen some recently on
e-bay,
but they could be closed by now.
The keyboards get listed on ebay fairly regularly. If you're patient
and put a search on them, you should eventually get as many as you
need. I've purchased a few to attach to my C.ITOH VT100 clone as well
as another VT10x machine I have that was sans keyboard.
The keyboards are generally offerred in the $20-50 range, depending on
the seller.
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11:55 a.m.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 04:08:46AM -0600, Richard wrote:
The keyboards get listed on ebay fairly regularly. If
you're patient
and put a search on them, you should eventually get as many as you
need. I've purchased a few to attach to my C.ITOH VT100 clone as well
as another VT10x machine I have that was sans keyboard.
I have had both DEC VT10x terminals and C.ITOH clone terminals for
a couple of decades. My recollection is that you cannot swap
keyboards between the two vendors. My C.ITOH experience is limited
to CIT101 and CIT101e terminals (101s look like VT100s, 101es look
more like a Wyse than a DEC design), and I _think_ you can swap the
keyboards between CIT101s and CIT101es, but they are visually
different types (101 keyboards resemble DEC VT10x keyboards), so
in practice, I don't think we did it much back in the day.
Do you have different terminals and you _can_ cross-swap keyboards,
or did I misread your posting and didn't get that you meant that
you have found keyboards from both vendors and have only used like
with like?
-ethan
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