Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

[barry bortnick]

It's located at the Calgary based National Music Centre/Studio Bell in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
I have to correct the original posting, it's a McLeyvier, not a Synclavier.

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Nigel Johnson via
cctalk
Sent: April 20, 2020 12:19 PM
To: barry bortnick via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Wanted for non-profit public museum: DEC VT100

Where is this to be displayed?  I can't help you with the VT100 but I was
very involved in the PDP11/40 machine that David McLey built his software
on!

In fact, I worked until 1 in the morning the night before he had a meeting
with the financiers from New York to finance project, when it failed the day
before and DEC could not get somebody out to help!

cheers,

NIgel Johnson



On 20/04/2020 14:12, barry bortnick via cctalk wrote:
> Old IBM magnetic media
>
> I am hoping someone can help me with a project. I’m volunteer at our
> local music museum (National Music Centre/Studio Bell.) They are
> restoring a vintage Synclavier, an early digital audio workstation,
> which happens to have an embedded DEC PDP 11/23. Part of the museums
> purpose is to restore, maintain and make available these instruments
> for musicians to use in addition to static displays.
>
> The Synclavier should have a matching VT100, but that is the only
> component the museum does not currently have for this functioning
> device. Yes, the
> VT100 can be easily emulated, but as a museum, historical accuracy is
> also vital.
>
> I was wondering if anybody had any leads on a VT100 that might be donated?
>
> Thanks for any help!



--
Nigel Johnson
MSc., MIEEE, MCSE
VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU

Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!


You can reach me by voice on Skype:  TILBURY2591

If time travel ever will be possible, it already is. Ask me again yesterday

This e-mail is not and cannot, by its nature, be confidential. En route from
me to you, it will pass across the public Internet, easily readable by any
number of system administrators along the way.
    Nigel Johnson <nw.johnson at ieee.org>


Please consider the environment when deciding if you really need to print
this message