30 Nov
2000
30 Nov
'00
10:17 a.m.
From: Jim Battle <frustum(a)pacbell.net>
For those not wanting to chase the link, it says:
Filer: G, S, N, L, R, C, T, D, Q [1.1]
Don't you remember? This was the security mechanism.
Must have been the apple {likely ti99 too} version without
the 80col card. On a S100 Z80 crage using an H19 it
was far better. I had the chance to compare the two and
UCSD was marginal with 40 char, somewhat better at 64
and seemed like a different animal with 80 (or more) col.
Allison
30 Dec
30 Dec
12:49 p.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
Originally used on a VT1200 Display
anybody have a svc manual or experience hooking it up to a sync-on-green
matrox card?
or running it on xfree86?
I got it going on linux, but it throws a nasty shadow in dithered mode.
Fred
k1hb(a)aol.com
31 Dec
31 Dec
1:42 a.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
Never seen that particular flat panel. Have you tried opening a terminal
window and runnign Xvidtune?
Regards,
Jeff
P.S. If you know how to SAVE the changes made in Xvidtune, clue me in will
ya?
In <06a601c072d4$58ed8c10$0100a8c0@jack>, on 12/31/00
at 10:42 AM, "Fred deBros" <fdebros(a)bellatlantic.net> said:
Originally used on a VT1200 Display
anybody have a svc manual or experience hooking it up
to a sync-on-green
matrox card?
or running it on xfree86?
I got it going on linux, but it throws a nasty shadow
in dithered mode.
Fred
k1hb(a)aol.com
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4:57 a.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
its a beauty, 60hz refresh, it dithers nicely, is 21in or more! got several.
i want to run them in semidark areas. i know they work well on the vt1200
terminal. i can send u the xconfig file. but they have a slight
flicker/moiree and mostly the shadow strong white casts makes them virtually
unusable in linux/sync on green. i really dont know what else i can do
....got them almost running....too bad
Fred
Xvidtune doesnt help.
maybe i should try to run them in 1-bit mode only?
do u know of anybody who got the old toshiba 2400(?) gas plasma displays
they had on these black portables going in linux? thats probably pretty
close to the vre01 screen!
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: <THETechnoid(a)home.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
Never seen that particular flat panel. Have you tried
opening a terminal
window and runnign Xvidtune?
Regards,
Jeff
P.S. If you know how to SAVE the changes made in Xvidtune, clue me in will
ya?
In <06a601c072d4$58ed8c10$0100a8c0@jack>, on 12/31/00
at 10:42 AM, "Fred deBros" <fdebros(a)bellatlantic.net> said:
Originally used on a VT1200 Display
anybody have a svc manual or experience hooking
it up to a sync-on-green
matrox card?
or running it on xfree86?
I got it going on linux, but it throws a nasty
shadow in dithered mode.
Fred
k1hb(a)aol.com
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Jeffrey S. Worley
President
Complete Computer Services, Inc.
30 Greenwood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
828-277-5959
Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
THETechnoid(a)home.com
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7:26 a.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
I used to have a Toshiba T3200 with a plasma display. It did 8bit
orange-scale fine. Used to play Testdrive! on it. Recently plasma
displays went COLOR. Now thats cool. Power requirements are way off LCD
though which is important for portable applications.
I have a new ELO color touchscreen that Linux, Netbsd, and openbsd don't
like. Again, OS/2 Warp likes it and runs it fine. I'm using it as a car
MP3 player but it is much more capable than that.
Regards,
Jeff
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-----------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey S. Worley
President
Complete Computer Services, Inc.
30 Greenwood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
828-277-5959
Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
THETechnoid(a)home.com
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9:13 a.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
That is what the VRE01 is: Orange...actually more yellow like, single colour
22 in or more across flatpanel display....geeky!.
If someone has the xconfig file for the toshiba 3200 display with linux,
that may help me fine tune that VRE01...
The VRE01 displays are still available in Canada and US.
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: <THETechnoid(a)home.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
I used to have a Toshiba T3200 with a plasma display.
It did 8bit
orange-scale fine. Used to play Testdrive! on it. Recently plasma
displays went COLOR. Now thats cool. Power requirements are way off LCD
though which is important for portable applications.
I have a new ELO color touchscreen that Linux, Netbsd, and openbsd don't
like. Again, OS/2 Warp likes it and runs it fine. I'm using it as a car
MP3 player but it is much more capable than that.
Regards,
Jeff
--
-----------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey S. Worley
President
Complete Computer Services, Inc.
30 Greenwood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
828-277-5959
Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
THETechnoid(a)home.com
-----------------------------------------------------------
12:04 p.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
The VRE01 displays are still available in Canada and
US.
Where and how much? These sound seriously cool! I've always thought Gas
Plasma displays were very cool.
Zane
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1 Jan
1 Jan
12:24 a.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 06:04:36PM -0800, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I've got a couple of the Toshiba laptops with the orange gas plasma
displays, that I"d *love* to trade for one of the VRE01 displays, if
anybody has one (or anything similar, like even a 640x480 PC-compatible
LCD, etc) they'd like to trade..
Bill
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mrbill(a)mrbill.net | "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"
Austin, TX | -- "Goldfinger", 1964
The VRE01
displays are still available in Canada and US.
Where and how much? These sound
seriously cool! I've always thought Gas
Plasma displays were very cool.
Zane 
3:08 a.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
I've got a couple of the Toshiba laptops with the
orange gas plasma
displays, that I"d *love* to trade for one of the VRE01 displays, if
anybody has one (or anything similar, like even a 640x480 PC-compatible
LCD, etc) they'd like to trade..
One part to consider is that both Compaq and IBM, as well as
others I'm sure, used VGA resolution plasma displays in some of thier
'lunchbox' portables. I know that the IBM P70 used it and I'm almost
certain that the Compaq Portable III used one as well. Neither of
these panels were really integrated into the system case itself and
might be adaptable to other uses if one found a parts machine.
Jeff
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5:37 a.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
I've got a
couple of the Toshiba laptops with the orange gas plasma
displays, that I"d *love* to trade for one of the VRE01 displays, if
anybody has one (or anything similar, like even a 640x480 PC-compatible
LCD, etc) they'd like to trade..
One part to consider is that both Compaq and IBM, as well as
others I'm sure, used VGA resolution plasma displays in some of thier
'lunchbox' portables. I know that the IBM P70 used it and I'm almost
certain that the Compaq Portable III used one as well. Neither of
these panels were really integrated into the system case itself and
might be adaptable to other uses if one found a parts machine.
2:59 p.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 12:08:04PM -0500, Jeff Hellige wrote:
One part to consider is that both Compaq and IBM, as
well as
others I'm sure, used VGA resolution plasma displays in some of thier
'lunchbox' portables. I know that the IBM P70 used it and I'm almost
certain that the Compaq Portable III used one as well. Neither of
these panels were really integrated into the system case itself and
might be adaptable to other uses if one found a parts machine.
Jeff
I've got a pair of non-working P70s that have good displays as
well (they were working at one time, but now wont power up).
Bill
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31 Dec
31 Dec
1:25 p.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
Fred deBros wrote:
That is what the VRE01 is: Orange...actually more yellow like, single colour
22 in or more across flatpanel display....geeky!.
If someone has the xconfig file for the toshiba 3200 display with linux,
that may help me fine tune that VRE01...
The VRE01 displays are still available in Canada and US.
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: <THETechnoid(a)home.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
> I used to have a Toshiba T3200 with a plasma display. It did 8bit
> orange-scale fine. Used to play Testdrive! on it. Recently plasma
> displays went COLOR. Now thats cool. Power requirements are way off LCD
> though which is important for portable applications.
>
> I have a new ELO color touchscreen that Linux, Netbsd, and openbsd don't
> like. Again, OS/2 Warp likes it and runs it fine. I'm using it as a car
> MP3 player but it is much more capable than that.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Jeffrey S. Worley
> President
> Complete Computer Services, Inc.
> 30 Greenwood Rd.
> Asheville, NC 28803
> 828-277-5959
> Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
> THETechnoid(a)home.com
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
Last week I was browsing one of my early 90s DEC catalogs and, noticing
the VRE01, it struck me that in all my years of rummaging thru surplus
and used equip. shops that I had never run across one of these.
Could you provide any pricing info, locations ?
nick o
4:49 p.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
no wrote:
Fred deBros wrote:
Wouldn't you know it....... just went surfing on eBay and ran across
this....
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1204975201
....since i've already got 2 m76's guess i'll stay out of the bidding.
Happy New Year to all!!
nick o
That is what the VRE01 is: Orange...actually more yellow like, single colour
22 in or more across flatpanel display....geeky!.
If someone has the xconfig file for the toshiba 3200 display with linux,
that may help me fine tune that VRE01...
The VRE01 displays are still available in Canada and US.
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: <THETechnoid(a)home.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
> I used to have a Toshiba T3200 with a plasma display. It did 8bit
> orange-scale fine. Used to play Testdrive! on it. Recently plasma
> displays went COLOR. Now thats cool. Power requirements are way off LCD
> though which is important for portable applications.
>
> I have a new ELO color touchscreen that Linux, Netbsd, and openbsd don't
> like. Again, OS/2 Warp likes it and runs it fine. I'm using it as a car
> MP3 player but it is much more capable than that.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Jeffrey S. Worley
> President
> Complete Computer Services, Inc.
> 30 Greenwood Rd.
> Asheville, NC 28803
> 828-277-5959
> Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com
> THETechnoid(a)home.com
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
Last week I was browsing one of my early 90s DEC catalogs and, noticing
the VRE01, it struck me that in all my years of rummaging thru surplus
and used equip. shops that I had never run across one of these.
Could you provide any pricing info, locations ?
nick o
1 Jan
1 Jan
1:39 a.m.
New subject: VRE01 Gas Plasma Display
Could you provide any pricing info, locations ?
nick o
Checkem out on google.com, therebare three resellers, one is ELI Heffron
here in Boston. he wants 250 bux for his....brand new, another bdp in
florida want 350.
pricey!
i am looking for another whizzz who can make them going on a sync-on-green
card. my xconfig almost works. almost is not good enough!
Fred
30 Dec
30 Dec
12:51 p.m.
New subject: vt1200 xterminal wtb
I could use a vt1200 terminal to run my monitor, yesssss!
so all i need is the term, the kbd maybe and the mouse maybe plus some form
of docs.
thanks in advance
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