old terminals...

[Dave McGuire]

On Mar 15, 2007, at 5:14 AM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>>   I have pretty much all of the DEC microprocessor-based  
>> terminals.  Do you think it'd be a good idea for me to, over time,  
>> pull them out and read their ROMs for archival or reconstructive  
>> purposes?
>
> I think that would be a good idea -- not just for emulations but to  
> make it possible to repair any terminals that suffer from bit rot  
> in future.  I've been doing that for years (decades, actually!),  
> and I have some of the VT100 ROMs on my website at http:// 
> www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/DECROMs/ (read the file ROMlist to  
> see which they are).  I'd be happy to host images not already  
> there.  See particularly the "Wanted!" list in that directory :-)

   Oh my, well that saves me a lot of case-cracking! :)  I will see  
if I can add a few to your archive.

           -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL