Ebay GT-40 in the Netherlands
Jim Stephens
jws at jwsss.com
Fri Apr 10 03:59:53 CDT 2015
On 4/10/2015 1:43 AM, Jim Stephens wrote:
> To Al: There was also a system like this at USL, which I wish had
> been conveyed to you. I suspect it was not. There was a new in the
> box replacement CRT because someone had had the system halt and burned
> the phosphor. You had to watch the system and never let the dot
> stop. If it stopped at a spot on the phosphor in the on position,
> you'd etch the phosphor.
>
> Ours (USL) never ran anything but Lander, so until someone with a
> project came along, we were saving the tube. The burn didn't affect
> lander much at all.
I read the link in the auction, which is Eric Smith's page on the
GT-40. It is where I got the information that Al K was involved, etc.,
so will post it to save some time, as the Ebay listing will vanish
someday, and the link to the GT-40 with it
Eric Smiths excellent page:
https://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/dec/gt40/
thanks
Jim
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