DEC Gigi terminal

[Ethan Dicks]

On 4/25/06, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> Warning, I don't think that this is something you're going to use without
> a system like a VAX-11/780 to connect it to.

There were quite a few programs written for the GIGI in the TOPS-20 world.

>  As I recall it was connected
> to the controller board in the VAX via a fibre optic cable.

I don't recall any terminal that was optically coupled to a host
controller board.  My recollection is that the GIGI is an 8085-based
character/ReGIS graphics terminal with an ordinary serial port.

-ethan