19 Jun
2009
19 Jun
'09
4:26 a.m.
--- On Fri, 6/19/09, Ed Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl> wrote:
Have a look at item 300323705513 on ebay.
A rather high price imo.
The VT05 is exceedingly rare, and much desired. It is quite
possible the seller will get his price, though not from me.
Gotta love that 70's styling, though.
--Bill
19 Jun
19 Jun
6:33 a.m.
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:26 AM, William Maddox <wmaddox at pacbell.net> wrote:
--- On Fri, 6/19/09, Ed Groenenberg <quapla at
xs4all.nl> wrote:
Indeed. I've been using and buying DEC equipment for 27 years. I've
never seen one in the wild. Plenty of VT52s and plenty of ASR-33s,
but never a VT05, not even in a dusty back room.
Have a look at item 300323705513 on ebay.
A rather high price imo.
The VT05 is exceedingly rare, and much desired. ?It is quite possible the seller will get his price,
though not from me.
Agreed. I'm not going to put up that kind of cash, but someone might.
Gotta love that 70's styling, though.
It's, um, special. ISTR it appears on a handbook cover of the era, in
front of the rack of whatever machine it's attached to.
I can't say that I agree with the message on the screen, though - I
don't think it would make a good console for a PDP-8 or 11/20...
consoles for those tended to be either ASR-33 for the papertape and
TTY era, or for later machines with boot ROMs and floppy drives,
VT52s. I really don't know where the VT05 fit into things. I think
it was only available for a short time compared to its predecessors
and successors, and wasn't very popular because of its limitations
compared with pretty much every other option (no paper tape or a small
screen).
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