On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
> >
> > > Sellam, at the risk of being a dick, do you have any references or
> > > not?
> >
> > Yes, but for a much older model.
>
> Thank you.
>
> > > I also _have_ plenty of obtuse, sarcastic jerks in my world already.
> >
> > If that's how you took my comments then I think that's on your end, Doc.
>
> quoted from you last reply:
> > What else is there to know? It's a dumb terminal.
>
> Assuming _you've_ ever seen one of these, that's deliberately and
> obviously obtuse.
>
> > Have you never played with a dumb terminal before?
>
> Not sarcastic? OK, my mistake.
Sorry, I just never really saw these as particularly special, especially
after I found my third one :) Now I have about 6, and the most special
would be the model 765 with the bubble memory, and the 733 which is just
damn cool looking:
http://siconic.com/computers/ASR733-1.jpg
I've got at least 5 of those. I'm open to trades :)
The 745 is by far the most common. I never played with mine beyond
plugging it in and typing a few characters. The modem should be easy to
figure out. Set up a PC with a modem and some terminal software, set it
for 300BPS and auto-answer. Better yet, get a PC running Linux stick a
modem on it.
The switches on the Silent 700 are fairly self-evident. Dial into your
PC with a regular 2500 style phone (i.e. the common phones from days of
yore, the handset being the type that will fit nicely into the acoustic
coupler) and when you hear the carrier, stuff the handset into the AC and
then switch the terminal into ORIGINATE mode. It should sync up and
you'll be connected. Type and be jolly.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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