DEC stuff is so cool! They were sneaky and smart!

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Oct 30 16:12:15 1999

--- Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> There's a thing called a VT103 (which I don't have :-().

I do. I always wanted to turn it into a semi-portable UNIX machine

> It's a VT100 with a 4-slot Q-bus backplane inside (!).

Some even had TU-58's in the front.

> There's a paddleboard in
> the STP slot that links to 2 ports on a DLV11-J (4-port RS232) card in
> the backplane.

*That* I don't have. :-(

> The VT100 becomes the console for whatever processor you
> stick in the Q-bus, while the connector on the back is a normal serial
> port, also on the Q-bus system...

For compact systems, the MXV-11 also works with the paddle card - two ports
and some memory.

-ethan


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