Vintage terminals (was Re: PDP-11 available in New Zealand)

[David Griffith]

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> On 3/8/07, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> > On Mar 8, 2007, at 1:55 PM, Richard wrote:
> > > If you do and don't want the VT52, I'll buy it :)
> >
> >    You're just a terminal-obsessed freak, and you know it! ;)
>
> For stuff of the era, the VT-52 is a very handy terminal.  I don't
> recall my results with a VT100 or CiTOH-101 (clone), but I was *not*
> able to use the VTEDIT macro under OS/8 with a VT220 in VT52 emulation
> mode.  The emulation just wasn't good enough.  I suppose one could
> find an open-source terminal program and ensure the VT-52 emulation
> was up to snuff, but for a plug-it-in-and-get-to-work solution, for
> pre-VT52 software, I recommend a real VT52.

Where can you get real VT52s nowadays?  I haven't seen one on Ebay for at
least three years.

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David Griffith
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