general electric terminal?

From: ed sharpe <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
Date: Mon May 31 20:32:20 2004

go for it! it is worth chasing after! if it is the 300 or 1200 the
cassette works like a tty paper tape... very useful!

Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

Please check our web site at
 http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us.

address:

 coury house / smecc
5802 w palmaire ave
glendale az 85301




----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Mahoney" <webhead_at_theantiquecomputer.com>
To: "ed sharpe" <esharpe_at_uswest.net>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: general electric terminal?


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ed sharpe" <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
> <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 7:58 PM
> Subject: Re: general electric terminal?
>
>
> > the finger band units came as a terminet 300 and a 1200 denoting the
> baud
> > rate. nice as they had fully formed characters both upper and lower
case.
> > if memory serves me correctly the 300 model A came out in late 60's
early
> > 70's
> >
> > you will find them in many colors....
> >
> > our hp 2000 f ( that became an access system ) had one with an hp
paint
> > job and terminal number on it.
> >
> > Honeywell also used them as console and terminal devices both for
large
> > information systems and process control products.
> >
> > the only units we have now are a couple Honeywell units terminet 1200 in
> the
> > white and black paint job.
> > alas the hp unit passed with the ages... probably to the same place the
> 2883
> > disk drive did for the 2000 system. If anyone has either of these units
it
> > would be nice to at least have an example of them to display next to the
> hp
> > 2000 here in the museum. to see what the 2000 system looks like and
what
> > the drive looked like ( alas the terminet is not in the pic check
towards
> > the bottom of www.smecc.org)
> >
> > I owe a great debt to this product line, as in my first year of
> business
> > they made the money that really helped launch the company.
> >
> > Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
> >
> > Please check our web site at
> > http://www.smecc.org
> > to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
> > buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us.
> >
> > address:
> >
> > coury house / smecc
> > 5802 w palmaire ave
> > glendale az 85301
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
> > <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: general electric terminal?
> >
> >
> > > On Mon, 31 May 2004, Brian Mahoney wrote:
> > >
> > > > In the local Goodwill this morning, there was a large General
Electric
> > > > printer/terminal(?) stand out front in the weekend dropoff area. It
> > stood
> > > > about three feet high, had a keyboard, with a printer behind it and
a
> > data
> > > > cassette holder in the upper right console area which also had
rocker
> > > > switches on it. Sorry for the bad description but I was in a rush.
> > > > The thing looked in perfect condition, similar to a teletype machine
I
> > had
> > > > seen once, although the keys didn't look like teletype keys. The
> > cassette
> > > > part intrigued me but I didn't have time to examine it and I
> completely
> > > > forget what the name of the unit was. It was GE for sure.
> > > > Basically if anyone has interest in rescuing it, I will head back
> > tomorrow
> > > > to fetch it. Otherwise does anyone know what it was, from my
terrible
> > > > description?
> > >
> > > It definitely sounds like something worth rescuing. Someone somewhere
> > > should want it. I'd want it if it were closer.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
> > Festival
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----
> > > International Man of Intrigue and Danger
> > http://www.vintage.org
> > >
> > > [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage
> > mputers ]
> > > [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at
> > http://marketplace.vintage.org ]
> > >
> > >
>
> I'll stop by tomorrow morning and see if it is still around. The thing
> looked large and heavy and, given my present lack of space, large and
heavy
> things don't fit any more. I do have a shed though .... If it is
reasonably
> priced, I'll see if it fits in my station wagon. Might talk them into a
> donation!
>
> (Once inside the store this morning, I did pick up a "Reach no. AA
Official
> Indoor" baseball bat from probably the turn of the last century for 2
bucks.
> Just in case anyone collects baseball memorabilia. )
>
> bm
>
>
>
Received on Mon May 31 2004 - 20:32:20 BST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Fri Oct 10 2014 - 23:37:14 BST