On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 09:15:30AM -0400, Ashley Carder wrote:
> I haven't done my homework yet, but I'm sure someone else already knows the
> answer.
> Can these things easily interface to a PDP-11? I don't ever remember seeing
> one in conjunction with any DEC systems. I think they're neat looking, and
> wouldn't mind having one.
That depends on which DEC world you circulated in... there's been a termcap
entry for the ADM 3A in UNIX for as far back as my experience goes.
I don't recall seeing them at all in non-university or non-UNIX settings,
though. DEC terminals cost enough that in the notoriously cheap educational
market, people gave serious consideration to other forms of terminals (I
have reciepts from the early-to-mid-1980s for VT100s at around $1,700 each,
which is why Software Results had a mix of DEC terminals and CiTOH terminals,
'101's and '101e's).
-ethan
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