On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> wrote:
What terminals did you use, back in those days?

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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