VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap

[william degnan]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "william degnan" <billdegnan at gmail.com>
> Sent: ‎21/‎10/‎2015 12:51
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> Subject: Re: VT100 and/or VT105 rescued from scrap
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> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Rod Smallwood <
> rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > VT 100's have one weak point. The monitor is a bought in part from Ball
> > Bros.
> > The Ball supplied drive board burns up a diode and cap.  It will be
> > obvious on inspection of the board.
> > I have never been able to get a circuit diagram or I'd do a replacement
> > board.
> >
> > Needless to say the DEC parts are mde of sterner stuff
> >
> > Rod
> >
> >
> Is that true of the vt102 as well?
> Bill
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Robert Jarratt <
robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> I had forgotten about that. There is a useful page on this somewhere, but
> I am away from home and can't get the link right now. Will try to send out
> the link later.
>
> Regards
>
> Rob
>


I have one of each, I use the VT102 for "every day" use and save the VT100
for holidays and leap year day, etc. Assuming the VT100 is more
fragile...needs to be run periodically but not too much.

Bill
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Bill