15 Apr
2002
15 Apr
'02
12:55 p.m.
It never ceases to surprise me how many ancient terminals are secreted
away at work. On Saturday I found a Motorola EXORterm 155 which had been
put out for the skip. There is no keyboard unfortunately, just a ribbon
cable protruding from underneath the main body, which is about the size
of a VT52. It appears to date from 1980, but I have no clues about how
we used it.
Google doesn't turn up many references, apart from a 1997 listing of
Herr Franke's collection from our archives and a company called RA
Ventures, who developed it for Motorola.
So, any other info?
15 Apr
15 Apr
1:13 p.m.
It never ceases to surprise me how many ancient
terminals are secreted
away at work. On Saturday I found a Motorola EXORterm 155 which had been
put out for the skip. There is no keyboard unfortunately, just a ribbon
cable protruding from underneath the main body, which is about the size
of a VT52. It appears to date from 1980, but I have no clues about how
we used it.
Google doesn't turn up many references, apart from
a 1997 listing of
Herr Franke's collection from our archives and a company called RA
Ventures, who developed it for Motorola.
So, any other info?
The keyboard is a paralell type if I'm right.
I'll check this tomorrow.
Servus
Hans
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VCF Europa 3.0 am 27./28. April 2002 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
1:32 p.m.
It doesn't look exotic at all, but if anyone wants a peek, I've just put
some pictures up at http://vt100.net/motorola/
Warning: some pictures in state of undress. Model is certified over 18.
1:55 p.m.
It doesn't look exotic at all, but if anyone wants
a peek, I've just put
some pictures up at http://vt100.net/motorola/
Warning: some pictures in state of undress. Model is
certified over 18.
Uh Oh. It looks like you need a LOT of help with her.
Not only the keyboard, but also the big hole in the back !
The baby is not just a terminal, but rather a development
system. the empty cage is supposed to house Exorbus modules,
CPU, MEM, I/O, etc. pp.
Gruss
H.
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VCF Europa 3.0 am 27./28. April 2002 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
4:19 p.m.
Hans Franke wrote:
Uh Oh. It looks like you need a LOT of help with her.
Not only the keyboard, but also the big hole in the back !
The baby is not just a terminal, but rather a development
system. the empty cage is supposed to house Exorbus modules,
CPU, MEM, I/O, etc. pp.
Heheheh. I had noticed the hole, and that explains the hefty power
supply, but it appears that this one has only ever been used as a
terminal. That is surprising in itself, as we usually customise kit and
embed it in bigger systems; I half expected to find our own boards in
the back.
4:35 p.m.
> Uh Oh. It looks like you need a LOT of help with
her.
> Not only the keyboard, but also the big hole in the back !
> The baby is not just a terminal, but rather a
development
> system. the empty cage is supposed to house Exorbus modules,
> CPU, MEM, I/O, etc. pp.
Heheheh. I had noticed the hole, and that explains the
hefty power
supply, but it appears that this one has only ever been used as a
terminal. That is surprising in itself, as we usually customise kit and
embed it in bigger systems; I half expected to find our own boards in
the back.
Now, that's unusual - looks like she has been a pure luxury girl.
Her Shugar Daddy must have realy liked her to spend so much money
just for a terminal.
Gruss
H.
--
VCF Europa 3.0 am 27./28. April 2002 in Muenchen
http://www.vcfe.org/
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