Wang Thang

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sat Jun 27 14:17:20 1998

On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Doug Spence wrote:

>
> Do you know what the monitor connector looks like? The only possibilities
> are the DIN plugs on the back of the IBM Emulator card. Unless the
> monitor was some kind of terminal that attached to the serial port.
>
> The 8-pin DIN plug has a little symbol next to it which might represent a
> CRT. (It looks kind of like a pie slice.)

Sorry, it has been over ten years since I last saw one of those critters
and my recall on that kind of detail is fuzzy. With the case off, the
content of the cards may well give you a clue, though.
 
> Well, I don't know where else to put a monitor. The Wang keyboard plugs
> into the 4-pin DIN socket connected to the machine's motherboard, I can
> only guess what the other things are for. I'm just scratching my head
> trying to figure out how to get a picture from the thing.

See remark above.
 
> Too bad the keyboard doesn't have the greatest feel. And some of the keys
> are in the wrong places, but that's a holy war I don't want to get into.
> ;)

Yup! That is one that no one can win.

                                                 - don
Received on Sat Jun 27 1998 - 14:17:20 BST