Does anyone have a live VT52?

From: Paul Williams <celigne_at_celigne.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue Apr 9 14:49:59 2002

Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> In the past, I found that the VT52 emulation in the VT220 wasn't
> accurate enough to run the VTEDIT macro under OS/8.

That's very interesting. VT52 mode is so simple that I would have
thought it was difficult to get wrong. Mind you, the VT420 in VT52 mode
can produce garbage on the screen when stressed by vttest, so if DEC
couldn't get it right ...

> I bought my last one c. 1987 for $50.
> I haven't seen any lately.

A few months ago I was contacted by a gentleman who had a VT52 and a
VT180 in his loft, complete with loads of manuals and software. He was
happy to donate it to a good home. The VT180 is working, but I haven't
had time to play with it yet. The VT52/VT55 manuals he supplied are now
all online.

Regards,
Paul
Received on Tue Apr 09 2002 - 14:49:59 BST