Building a system inside a VT100 (was Re: choppers)

[Richard]

In article <20081001043053.GB1961 at usap.gov>,
    Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at usap.gov>  writes:

> I have little experience with newer terminals, but the one I've wanted
> for a while is a GiGi (VK100?).

I had seen one of these when it first came out.  I think we got a poor
demo at the time from what I read of the specifications now.

I picked up a couple of these from ebay recently.  Lately I've been
reorganizing my collection in my basement and I now have a room full
of quite a bit of graphics hardware:


		+----------+ +----------+
		|Rack 1    | |Rack 2    |
		|          | |          |
		+----------+ +----------+
							   +-++---+
							   |5|| 6 |
		+---+                  +-++---+        +---+
		Rack|                                  Rack|
		|3  |                                  |4  |
		|   |                                  |   |
		|   |                                  |   |
		|   |                                  |   |
		+---+                                  +---+

Rack 1: SGI Rack 1
	2 Indigo^2 (Teal and Purple)
	2 Indigo
	3 Octane
	3 Octane

Rack 2: SGI Rack 2
	2 O2, 1 Indy
	3 Octane
	3 Octane
	3 Octane

Rack 3: Work Rack
	Commodore 64, Apple ][e
	Tektronix 4051
	Mac Classic, HP 2645A terminal
	VT220, HP 2640B terminal
	VT320, Beehive terminal

Rack 4: Graphics Decades Rack
	3 HP 1351A graphics generators, 1 DEC GIGI terminal
	Control Data 110 Microcomputer System (PLATO terminal)
	Terak Graphics Workstation
	SGI Personal Iris 4D/35, CDC Cyber 910, SGI Personal Iris 4D/20

5 - Tektronix 4010 terminal
6 - Tektronix 4114 terminal

> Worst case, I suppose, is that it boots up headless and you know it's
> up when the login prompt shows up on the screen.

You can always put the PC connectors on the back and plug in a second
keyboard, second monitor and a mouse into your "VT100". :-)
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