Tymshare model ASR-33s??

From: James Willing <jimw_at_agora.rdrop.com>
Date: Mon Jul 14 11:20:01 2003

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Bob Armstrong wrote:

> Has anybody ever seen a special Tymshare model ASR-33? It's more or less
> a standard ASR-33, except that it has a three button CCU and the silver
> plate on the front (the one which would ordinarily have the Teletype name
> and logo) is painted blue (DECsystem-10 blue, I would imagine!) and lettered
> "Tymshare | Time Sharing Terminal."

I remember them well, and while I don't have one of those particular
units, I do have the blue 'faceplace' off of the front.

Keep wondering which came first: the 'Tymshare' terminals, or the 'Time
Tunnel' TV show. Why? The 'hourglass' logo on each is curiously
similar...

-jim
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