rescued a beehive!

From: Paul Williams <flo_at_rdel.co.uk>
Date: Sat May 20 02:22:40 2000

liste_at_artware.qc.ca wrote:
>
> On 19-May-2000 Vintage Computer GAWD! wrote:
> > And if anyone would actually like to SEE one, I've got one in my
> > collection.
> >
> > I'm one of the rare weirdo's whom actually LIKES to collect terminals.
>
> Oh, so I'm not the only one! :) Actually, I only have a small collection
> of terminals, manual typewriters and classic computers.

Hehehe. Terminal junkie support group, anyone?

Sellam, Philip, I'd love to see pictures of any terminals in your
collections.

I'm mainly DEC VT-obsessed, but we've still got some older terminals
from other manufacturers at work that I'm hoping will be obsolete soon.
Because we have to support systems for a very long time, there are labs
here with various DECwriters, an LSI ADM3a and a Hazeltine terminal
(1500?).

Interesting to hear that TTYs had 72 columns, because I had wondered for
some time why the VT05 only had 20 rows of 72 columns.

Nearly 13 years ago, I worked for the UKAEA and used Lynwood Alpha
terminals, but I've been unable to find any mention of them since. I
know that Lynwood used to make TEMPEST-compliant and ruggedised
equipment for government agencies, so perhaps the Alpha was a reboxed
version of someone else's terminal.

At college we used Wyse and Cyfer terminals hooked up to a VAX 8600
running Ultrix. I've also been unable to track down any mention of Cyfer
since.
Received on Sat May 20 2000 - 02:22:40 BST