> This is two years late, but the terminal the
original poster describes
> sounds like an IST (model 1), a CRT-based CDC product, vintage about
1978.
> There was a later edition called the IST-II, also
CDC. It had two 8"
drives
and a Z-80
CPU, as well as connectivity to CDC PLATO mainframe systems,
either by dialup modem (1200 bps) or multiplexer.
Actually, I was the original poster; a reply to me mentioned the
terminal you're describing.
I may have been incorrect in assuming the above was a reply
to my post; it appears to have been otherwise....
-dq