1 May
2013
1 May
'13
1:42 p.m.
Tom Vanvleck posted this question about a terminal. I would have just
sent it to Richard, but figured someone else might recognize it also.
I got mail from someone asking about a terminal he had salvaged.
I added the photo to the "photos" section of the gorup:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multicians/photos/album/1199215560/pic/list
If you are not a member of that group, I put the photo here:
https://www.dropbox.com/lightbox/home/Public/multicians-photo
It appears to be a VIP terminal.. he wrote
The only thing I've found on Google that remotely resembles it, is in a Multics
brochure from 1977, page 4:
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Honeywell/Honeywell.Level…
1 May
1 May
2 p.m.
--- On Wed, 5/1/13, Jim Stephens <jws at jwsss.com> wrote:
From: Jim Stephens <jws at jwsss.com>
Subject: Multicians wonder what terminal this might be
To: "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 4:42 PM
Tom Vanvleck posted this question
about a terminal.? I would have just sent it to
Richard, but figured someone else might recognize it also.
Can't view either picture - they both require some kind of login to access.
Try uploading it using imgur or similar.
-Ian
2:37 p.m.
On 5/1/2013 2:00 PM, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
--- On Wed, 5/1/13, Jim Stephens <jws at
jwsss.com> wrote:
> From: Jim Stephens <jws at jwsss.com>
> Subject: Multicians wonder what terminal this might be
> To: "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 4:42 PM
> Tom Vanvleck posted this question
> about a terminal. I would have just sent it to
> Richard, but figured someone else might recognize it also.
imgur is a bit
confusing. try this.
http://imgur.com/a/6FnnP
Can't view either picture - they both require some
kind of login to access.
Try uploading it using imgur or similar.
-Ian
2:48 p.m.
At 2:37 PM -0700 5/1/13, Jim Stephens wrote:
imgur is a bit confusing. try this.
http://imgur.com/a/6FnnP
Is it sitting on something, or is the base part of it?
If the base isn't part of it, it reminds me of the TEMPEST terminals
from Honeywell that I used on a DPS-8.
Zane
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3:03 p.m.
On 01/05/2013 22:48, Zane H. Healy wrote:
At 2:37 PM -0700 5/1/13, Jim Stephens wrote:
Does the keyboard fold up? Is it some kind of early portable?
imgur is a bit confusing. try this.
http://imgur.com/a/6FnnP
Is it sitting on something, or is the base part of it?
If the base isn't part of it, it reminds me of the TEMPEST terminals
from Honeywell that I used on a DPS-8.
Zane
2:19 p.m.
On 01/05/2013 21:42, Jim Stephens wrote:
Tom Vanvleck posted this question about a terminal. I
would have just
sent it to Richard, but figured someone else might recognize it also.
I got mail from someone asking about a terminal he had salvaged.
I added the photo to the "photos" section of the gorup:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multicians/photos/album/1199215560/pic/list
If you are not a member of that group, I put the photo here:
https://www.dropbox.com/lightbox/home/Public/multicians-photo
It appears to be a VIP terminal.. he wrote
The only thing I've found on Google that remotely resembles it, is in
a Multics brochure from 1977, page 4:
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Honeywell/Honeywell.Level…
The VIP Terminals I used on an L66 were like those on Page 6. I think
the one on Page 4 was an earlier or special model that was used as a
console...
Dave
2:25 p.m.
On Wed, 1 May 2013, Jim Stephens wrote:
Tom Vanvleck posted this question about a terminal. I
would have just sent
it to Richard, but figured someone else might recognize it also.
I got mail from someone asking about a terminal he had salvaged.
I added the photo to the "photos" section of the gorup:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multicians/photos/album/1199215560/pic/list
If you are not a member of that group, I put the photo here:
https://www.dropbox.com/lightbox/home/Public/multicians-photo
FYI, both of those links ask me to log in.
Alexey
5:39 p.m.
On 5/1/13 1:42 PM, "Jim Stephens" <jws at jwsss.com> wrote:
Tom Vanvleck posted this question about a terminal. I
would have just
sent it to Richard, but figured someone else might recognize it also.
I got mail from someone asking about a terminal he had salvaged.
I added the photo to the "photos" section of the gorup:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multicians/photos/album/1199215560/pic/list
If you are not a member of that group, I put the photo here:
https://www.dropbox.com/lightbox/home/Public/multicians-photo
It appears to be a VIP terminal.. he wrote
The only thing I've found on Google that remotely resembles it, is in a
Multics brochure from 1977, page 4:
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Honeywell/Honeywell.Leve
l68.1977.102646161.pdf
I've had a problem like this before: I think because I have Dropbox
installed on this computer, it asks me for a username/password for just
about any Dropbox link. At least that's my current theory - bottom line
is, I can't see this through either link.
FYI -- Ian
6:51 p.m.
On 5/1/2013 5:39 PM, Ian King wrote:
Did anyone try this link?
http://imgur.com/a/6FnnP
Thanks
Jim
On 5/1/13 1:42 PM, "Jim Stephens" <jws at
jwsss.com> wrote:
Tom Vanvleck posted this question about a
terminal. I would have just
sent it to Richard, but figured someone else might recognize it also.
I got mail from someone asking about a terminal he had salvaged.
I added the photo to the "photos" section of the gorup:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multicians/photos/album/1199215560/pic/list
If you are not a member of that group, I put the photo here:
https://www.dropbox.com/lightbox/home/Public/multicians-photo
It appears to be a VIP terminal.. he wrote
The only thing I've found on Google that remotely resembles it, is in a
Multics brochure from 1977, page 4:
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Honeywell/Honeywell.Leve
l68.1977.102646161.pdf
I've had a problem like this before: I think because I have Dropbox
installed on this computer, it asks me for a username/password for just
about any Dropbox link. At least that's my current theory - bottom line
is, I can't see this through either link.
FYI -- Ian
2 May
2 May
11:40 a.m.
Honeywell made (or OEM'ed) a bunch of terminals with the "VIP"
designation.
<http://terminals.classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Honeywell>
A photo of the model plate would be more useful.
Cindy Croxton took these photos of some Honeywell terminals I bought:
<https://picasaweb.google.com/106111250846948401252/Honeywell#>
So far none of the photos I've been able to find of known Honeywell
terminals match the one Jim has shown us.
I get the impression that Honeywell had a range of offerings over time
and that some were made directly by Honeywell and some were OEMed from
other suppliers.
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12:45 p.m.
On 5/2/2013 11:40 AM, Richard wrote:
Honeywell made (or OEM'ed) a bunch of terminals
with the "VIP"
designation.
<http://terminals.classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Honeywell>
I'll
pass that link along to whoever sent in the query
A photo of the model plate would be more useful.
Cindy Croxton took these photos of some Honeywell terminals I bought:
<https://picasaweb.google.com/106111250846948401252/Honeywell#>
I think the
one you have that is "squarish" on the right of the photos
on that page is the style that Honeywell used for airline uses, and is
hard to tell at a glance from one made by Univac. I had a Univac which
looked almost identical to that one with an 8080.
I think the one they have a photo of might be somewhat older, but as you
say a photo of the name plate would be nice. I don't know if the
question came from someone with the hardware, or someone with the photo
though.
thanks for the looks, I appreciate you have seen far more terminals than
most and took a look.
Jim
So far none of the photos I've been able to find
of known Honeywell
terminals match the one Jim has shown us.
I get the impression that Honeywell had a range of offerings over time
and that some were made directly by Honeywell and some were OEMed from
other suppliers.
2:21 p.m.
In article <5182C273.904 at jwsss.com>,
Jim Stephens <jws at jwsss.com> writes:
thanks for the looks, I appreciate you have seen far
more terminals than
most and took a look.
No problem.
If we get it identified, let's get the highest resolution verison of
that photo added to the wiki :)
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5:53 p.m.
I think the one you have that is "squarish" on the right of the photos on
that page is the style that Honeywell used for airline
uses, and is hard to
tell at a glance from one made by Univac. I had a Univac which looked
almost identical to that one with an 8080.
I also think it is an early airline terminal. Some of them had a non
standard connectors. A photo of the connector would also be valuable.
Pax
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Paxton Hoag
Astoria, OR
USA
4 May
4 May
1:25 p.m.
On 5/2/2013 5:53 PM, Paxton Hoag wrote:
I think the one you have that is "squarish"
on the right of the photos on
Here is an update with more of the story. Looks like it will be a
mystery till more info pops out. I recall the Ford saga as well,
considered going there at one point, but they didn't really have any
openings when I was looking.
This is talking about the photo I posted. I'm adding the link below so
this story stands on its own.
http://imgur.com/a/6FnnP
Peter,
It is one of the first CRT terminals that was connected to Multics.
When we progressed from tty's (teletypes) to real terminals, I had to
'beg' to have one on my desk at the office so that I could communicate
to my customers at Ford Motor Company. The ability to send messages and
communicate electronically was phenomenal and I could be so much more
productive. Having a terminal at home was.....way out of the question.
(It took a year to get a terminal approved.)
I had the good fortune to be the Honeywell Account Exec on the Ford
Computer Sciences Department installation from 1970 thru 1983-1984.
Ford wanted Multics very badly. Honeywell simply would not deliver.
(They had wanted it since it first surfaced in the late '60's).
I could share many stories of the struggle to keep Multics alive and the
enthusiasm that Ford had for the product; and, the deception and
outright lies that emanated from the highest levels of Honeywell
management. If you have time for a bottle of wine one afternoon, I'd be
happy to relate them.
Best regards,
Bernard Licata
Former: Honeywell Account Exec for Ford Motor
that page is the style that Honeywell used for
airline uses, and is hard to
tell at a glance from one made by Univac. I had a Univac which looked
almost identical to that one with an 8080.
I also think it is an early airline terminal. Some of them had a non
standard connectors. A photo of the connector would also be valuable.
Pax
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