9 Jul
2016
9 Jul
'16
2:49 a.m.
On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Random832 <random832(a)fastmail.com> wrote:
What terminals did you use, back in those days?
Hard copy (that I remember, but we have proven how poor memory can be):
- ASR/KSR 33s originally, we had one 37 but it was not on a system I
used
- IBM console's printers Model numbers I've forgotten (but with an APL
ball)
- Later Xerox DaisyWheel printers Model numbers I've forgotten
- Later DEC Decwritter I and II
Glass TTY (not complete but for a quick memory dump)
- Lear Siegler ADM3 (lots of them - many people made them as kits) and
why we have hjkl as the movement keys in vi - the arrows were embossed on
those key tops
- PE "Fox" (CMU has a large lot deal and these became the standard there
in the late 70s)
- Triple Drip "Graphic Wonders" (man I miss these with a dedicated PDP11
and an amazing keyboard --- best game platform I ever knew)
- Tektronix 401x series (just about all models of them) but 4014 was
used the most
- DEC VT52
- Eventually, VT-100, PT-100 and a number of other VT-100 knock offs
- Eventually Tek 4025s (until the RT, one of the best keyboards - used
in Magnolia BTW)
- Heathkit H19 (still have mine that I built)
- Eventually Wyse 100's, 99GTs and Wyse 60s -- later being the best Wyse
(I still have one)
- Ann Arbor Ambassador (my all time favorite - wish I still had one)
- Too many different graphics terminals to remember
- Numerous other "dumb terminals" who's brand names I have long
forgotten.
- although for some reason I remember the Kimtron KT-7 being a popular
one - memory is they were dirt cheap at the time
- Eventually later models of DEC terminals, but the keyboard always
sucked and had those strange DEC private connectors on them, so I tried to
avoid them.
Clem