28 Jul
1998
28 Jul
'98
4:31 a.m.
So, I went to the surplus depot today to dig around for good stuff. To
folks looking for NeXT stuff, sorry, none to be found today. Aside from
that, I *DID* find some cool stuff. If you're interested in any of this
stuff, send me private e-mail and maybe we can work something out.
(1) NCS Sentry 3000 Test Scanner (for grading scantron type tests)
$25
(4) DEC DEMPERs
$10/ea
(1) SummaSketch II Tablet
$40
I also ran across an HP 700/x X-Terminal. Does anybody know anything about
these? It looks like it will run a standard 15-pin VGA monitor. It's dirt
cheap and I'd LOVE to have an another xterm around the house. Any info?
Thanks
rob
28 Jul
28 Jul
4:41 a.m.
I also ran across an HP 700/x X-Terminal. Does anybody
know anything about
these? It looks like it will run a standard 15-pin VGA monitor. It's dirt
cheap and I'd LOVE to have an another xterm around the house. Any info?
Thanks
rob
They're pretty nice. They should run 1024x768 SVGA's without too much
problem. They use an keyboard that looks like an HP PS/2 keyboard.
I don't know where you'd get the software for it -- perhaps HP still
supports it or makes it downloadable from the net.
Bill
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1:56 p.m.
Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote:
> I also ran across an HP 700/x X-Terminal. Does anybody know anything about
> these? It looks like it will run a standard 15-pin VGA monitor. It's dirt
> cheap and I'd LOVE to have an another xterm around the house. Any info?
They're pretty nice. They should run 1024x768
SVGA's without too much
problem. They use an keyboard that looks like an HP PS/2 keyboard.
I don't know where you'd get the software for it -- perhaps HP still
supports it or makes it downloadable from the net.
It should take standard X instructions from damned near anything, be
it Solaris, HP/ux, AIX, Linux or even AT&T Unix. Without docs it
might be tricky to set up the networking -- that's one place where X
terminal manufacturers never got even close to concensus. But the
ROM should have the needed X-server code.
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
3:54 p.m.
New subject: A few different things (X terminals)
Ward Griffiths wrote:
Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote:
Not in my experience. I have a couple of HDS terminals. They are inert.
The system that used to feed them (via tftp) was culled for free space about
two weeks before I inquired. :-( We abandoned some NCR X-terms at work
because we didn't want to bother to set them up under Solaris (from an
ancient AT&T StarServer). In both cases, the ROMs only knew enough to
load an image from a LAT server or something similar.
If anyone has an old HDS image lying around, I'd love to test out my terminal.
-ethan
>I also ran across an HP 700/x X-Terminal. Does anybody know anything about
>these?
It should take standard X instructions from damned near anything, be
it Solaris, HP/ux, AIX, Linux or even AT&T Unix. Without docs it
might be tricky to set up the networking -- that's one place where X
terminal manufacturers never got even close to concensus. But the
ROM should have the needed X-server code.
10:20 p.m.
Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote:
Most of the ones I've used (IBM, NCD, HP) tftp or nfs load their
image and must boot from a server.
Some have telnet support built into rom for troubleshooting.
I believe the HP does vt100 telnet emulation and has some setup in rom.
Bill
Bill
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> I also ran across an HP 700/x X-Terminal. Does anybody know anything about
> these? It looks like it will run a standard 15-pin VGA monitor. It's dirt
> cheap and I'd LOVE to have an another xterm around the house. Any info?
They're pretty nice. They should run
1024x768 SVGA's without too much
problem. They use an keyboard that looks like an HP PS/2 keyboard.
I don't know where you'd get the software for it -- perhaps HP still
supports it or makes it downloadable from the net.
It should take standard X instructions from damned near anything, be
it Solaris, HP/ux, AIX, Linux or even AT&T Unix. Without docs it
might be tricky to set up the networking -- that's one place where X
terminal manufacturers never got even close to concensus. But the
ROM should have the needed X-server code.
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