5 Mar
2015
5 Mar
'15
12:19 p.m.
Hi!
Anyone owning the service manual for an ADM-5?
Seems like this terminal is not as common as the ADM-3(A).
Couldn't find it on bitsavers or anywhere else :(
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Martin Peters
martin.peters at news.uni-stuttgart.de
5 Mar
5 Mar
12:35 p.m.
Martin Peters wrote:
Anyone owning the service manual for an ADM-5?
Seems like this terminal is not as common as the ADM-3(A).
Couldn't find it on bitsavers or anywhere else :(
I'm looking for one too. I did find the service manual for the ADM-3A (on
bitsavers I think) and some of the ciruitry is similar or the same so it might
be of some use to you. Unfortunately, the fault in my ADM-5 appears to be in
a part of the circuit which they do not have in common.
I wonder was the ADM-3A more common though? In the college where I came across
them, there was row after row of ADM-5 terminals but only a single ADM-3A which
nobody liked using, mainly because there were difficulties clearing the screen.
But 25 years later, there is much discussion of the ADM-3A and everyone seems
to want one while the ADM-5 barely gets a mention.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
12:56 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 05:35:57PM +0000, Peter Coghlan wrote:
I wonder was the ADM-3A more common though? In the
college where I came across
them, there was row after row of ADM-5 terminals but only a single ADM-3A which
nobody liked using, mainly because there were difficulties clearing the screen.
But 25 years later, there is much discussion of the ADM-3A and everyone seems
to want one while the ADM-5 barely gets a mention.
I wonder if it's because it's 25 years? It makes sense that the later
model would be selling then. During the 1980s we had tons of "blue pigs"
(ADM-3As) around but I don't think I've ever even seen an ADM-5.
John Wilson
D Bit
6 Mar
6 Mar
5:25 a.m.
Hi Peter!
Peter Coghlan:
Martin Peters wrote:
Yes, we got an ADM-3A here and I know that there are similarities.
Anyhow, it's not the same. Reassuring the details und finding out
the differences often is a lot of work.
Anyone owning the service manual for an ADM-5?
Seems like this terminal is not as common as the ADM-3(A).
Couldn't find it on bitsavers or anywhere else :(
I'm looking for one too. I did find the service manual for the ADM-3A (on
bitsavers I think) and some of the ciruitry is similar or the same so it might
be of some use to you. Unfortunately, the fault in my ADM-5 appears to be in
a part of the circuit which they do not have in common.
I wonder was the ADM-3A more common though?
I think so. The ADM-3A is documented well and you can find much
references and images of the terminal itself and its circuit board
in the web, in contrast to the ADM-5.
Ok, probably this is because of the ADM-3A being much more popular
because of it's historical impact on the Unix history and the
origins of the vi editor.
In the college where I came across
them, there was row after row of ADM-5 terminals but only a single ADM-3A which
nobody liked using, mainly because there were difficulties clearing the screen.
But 25 years later, there is much discussion of the ADM-3A and everyone seems
to want one while the ADM-5 barely gets a mention.
Ok. Probably this is because of the ADM-3A being much more popular
because of it's historical impact on the Unix history and the
origins of the vi editor.
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martin.peters at news.uni-stuttgart.de
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