VT100 colors
Zane Healy
healyzh at avanthar.com
Mon Jun 21 09:00:47 CDT 2021
> On Jun 21, 2021, at 6:48 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>> On 21/06/2021 07:51, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
>> I want to say that it’s white. Though I can’t get to mine right now.
>>
>> Zane
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>>
>> Sent from my iPod
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>>> On Jun 20, 2021, at 10:50 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what colors a VT100 is? Most photos online has it
>>> looking yellowish, but I expect that's from aging. Some people I have
>>> asked claim it was a light cream color. This bitsavers picture has it
>>> looking neutral grey:
>>> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/vt100/vt100_wps-8.jpg
>>>
>>> And the black parts are claimed to be dark brown.
>>>
>>> I haven't found any color codes in the manuals.
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>
> I can't get t mine either but I think they were originally light cream, but not bright white.
>
> I suspect that most photos have it as yellowish because that's what they are now :-)
>
> The black bits I remember as black.
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> I remember the tube colour being green, I think I remember seeing amber and I believe that white was an available option.
I’m pretty sure that the black is black. I am not sure, but I want to say that the tubes in mine are B&W, not green or amber. I think that I had 3 and I think that I still have 2, I’m sure that I still have one with a Q-Bus card cage.
Zane
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