VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Oct 2015

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 -----Original Message-----
 From: "william degnan" <billdegnan at gmail.com>
 Sent: ?21/?10/?2015 12:51
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 Subject: Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

 On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Rod Smallwood <
 rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:

  VT 100's have one weak point. The monitor is
a bought in part from Ball
 Bros.
 The Ball supplied drive board burns up a diode and cap.  It will be
 obvious on inspection of the board.
 I have never been able to get a circuit diagram or I'd do a replacement
 board.

 Needless to say the DEC parts are mde of sterner stuff

 Rod

  Is that true of the vt102 as well?
 Bill

 On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Robert Jarratt < robert.jarratt at
ntlworld.com> wrote:

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  I had forgotten about that. There is a useful page on
this somewhere, but
 I am away from home and can't get the link right now. Will try to send out
 the link later.

 Regards

 Rob

I have one of each, I use the VT102 for "every day" use and save the VT100
for holidays and leap year day, etc. Assuming the VT100 is more
fragile...needs to be run periodically but not too much.

Bill
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Bill