I've got one of the original ESPRIT terminals, purchased in '80. I'd be
perfectly happy to continue using it, though. It shows some wear and tear
but no burns and no missing keys. It's the GREEN phosphor model, by the
way, as that was the only one available when they first came out. They
were, IIRC, the first dumb terminal to drop below $999 on the retail (MSRP)
market. I think mine cost $795 and was delivered within a month or two of
their release. It still has the FIRST firmware release in it.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire(a)neurotica.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: looking for Hazeltine terminals
On March 24, allisonp(a)world.std.com wrote:
I'm
looking to acquire two models of terminals made by Hazeltine,
the 1500 and the Esprit, in good operational and cosmetic condition.
I used each of these for a long time many years ago and I'd like to
keep one of each for sentimental reasons. Does anyone on the list
Your missing the 1000 (early glass tty):
Also 1400, 1420 1500, 1510, 1520, 1552(vt52 clone).
Oh yes, I'm familiar with most of the line...I'm only really
interested in keeping the two models that I worked on the most.
I had a 1500 on an IMSAI-8080 (with a CCS Z80 CPU board) CP/M machine,
and the Esprit was the console on my pdp11/34a running RSTS/E. If I
hadn't paid more attention to those machines than my high school
teachers, I'd surely have been flipping burgers with the rest of my
high school friends. And now, 13 years after graduation, some of them
are actually *managers* at McD's! WOW! ;)
-Dave McGuire