Saw on Ebay: VAX Console 380 (Professional 380?)

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Fri Jun 4 10:31:40 2004

>>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Dicks <dickset_at_amanda.spole.gov> writes:

>> You really need the keyboard and display to make it work. A
>> terminal can be connected to the printer port and used with ODT,
>> but that is about it, at least with P/OS, I am not sure about
>> RT-11. The monochrome video is NTSC, so a simple TV monitor will
>> work. I had to dig out an old TRS-80 Model I display to make it
>> work.

 Ethan> Are VR201s really that hard to find? Certainly LK201s aren't.

It seems reasonable; LK201s were used with all the 200 series
terminals... but VR201s only go with the Pro/DECmate/Rainbow.

Fortunately, a substitute for a VR201 is trivial (unlike a substitute
for an LK201 -- certainly doable but it would take some work).

    paul
Received on Fri Jun 04 2004 - 10:31:40 BST