more interesting finds!

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Wed Nov 25 09:10:06 1998

>
> I also found several odd looking boxs that are labled as HDS ViewStation.
> they're made by a company called Human Designed Systems. They're about 2"
> tall and 12" square. They have connectors for all the following; thick and
> thin ethernet, twisted pair, sun keyboard, standard PC keyboard, RJ serial
> port, DB-25 serial, DB-25 parallel, PS-2 mouse and standard VGA video.
> Does anyone know what these are or why they have so many ports?

HDS makes Xterminals. I have a couple. I have no software :-( Mine are
i960/TMS34010 based. I don't know about yours. The ones I got were
fed by a Sun server via tftp. The server that fed them got wiped two weeks
before I inquired after it. Result: no image files. Mine come up, pass
POST and look for a server. You'll need a Sun-compatible monitor if you
happen to have one that has the X server in ROM. You might need an HD15
to Sun 13W3 adapter to use anything but the latest monitors.

Good luck,

-ethan
Received on Wed Nov 25 1998 - 09:10:06 GMT