NCD 88k Xterminals available (Cambridge, UK)

From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri Jul 9 10:27:41 2004

I saved three NCD 88K Xterminals from the tip earlier (some of those
mentioned on here last week). Or at least gave them a stay of execution
- I can't hang onto them for more than a few days unfortunately.

Now, someone on here said they might be interested in an xterm if there
were any keyboards with them. Only prob is I've gone and lost your
email, whoops. Shout if you read this.

These NCD's work with standard PC keyboards (PS/2 connector) and mice (9
pin D-type) - I know they do as they're the same model as I have
already.

Anyway, two of the machines have coax / AUI Ethernet, and one has
twisted pair / AUI. They all have memory and boot ROMs. The only
annoying thing about them is they use DA26 connectors for video (I
soldered a trailing video lead directly onto the board of mine with a
VGA connector on the end - messy but chances of finding a scrap DA26 to
use were around zero).

The DA26 side of things means I can't test them, but the fans on them
work as do the power LEDs, so no reason to suspect them being bad.

I almost certainly have all of the info archived locally that used to be
on NCD's site - including the video connector pinout and the Xncd19c
server boot image.

>From memory they run at 1024x768 resolution with 8-bit colour.

Oh, they're about the same dimensions as a NeXT slab. Spray them black,
and you'd almost be fooled into thinking they were! (given they were
heading for the tip, I wouldn't be offended if people took them to put
PC boards into in order to make firewalls, mp3 jukeboxes etc. - although
other list members might :)
 
Anyone want? I can't really keep them longer than a week unless I know
they have homes though.

cheers

Jules
Received on Fri Jul 09 2004 - 10:27:41 BST