Hazeltine 1400 info?

[Allison]

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>Subject: Re: Hazeltine 1400 info?
>   From: Richard <legalize at xmission.com>
>   Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:53:15 -0600
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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>In article <3629638E-1D52-4A9A-B23C-2639BEE62C5E at neurotica.com>,
>    Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>  writes:
>
>> On May 30, 2007, at 3:20 PM, Richard wrote:
>> > I just purchased a Hazeltine 1400 terminal from ebay.  This terminal
>> > apparently has no lower case, so it seems like quite an oldie.
>> 
>>    Cool!  I saw that, and would've chased it if I weren't out of  
>> money at the moment.  I sat in front of a 1420, and later a 1500, for  
>> a long time many years ago.
>
>It appears to be in good condition too.  Do you happen to know what
>year this would have been manufactured?  Is it one of the Hazeltines
>with core display memory that remembers the last thing that was
>displayed after you turn it off?


NO core, that was the 1000/1100/1200 series. Those were early 1970s
as I used a 1200 on BOCES LYRICS TOPS-10 system in '72.

The 1400 series was after the 1500 series and was effectively a cost 
reduced (cheaper to build and sell) terminal.  The 1400 was circa 
1976-78 or so.


Allison

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