19 Dec
2025
19 Dec
'25
7:43 a.m.
Hi all,
there is a DEC VT05 available in Germany.
Please look at kleinanzeigen.de and search for DEC VT05.
I already talked to the seller and he‘ll ship worldwide.
Best
19 Dec
19 Dec
7:57 a.m.
On 19/12/2025 06:43, hupfadekroua via cctalk wrote:
Hi all,
there is a DEC VT05 available in Germany.
Please look at kleinanzeigen.de and search for DEC VT05.
I already talked to the seller and he‘ll ship worldwide.
He wants over 4,000 Euro? I have plenty of things that I'd be prepared
to ship worldwide for that sort of price.
Andrew
22 Dec
22 Dec
9:40 a.m.
On Fri, 19 Dec 2025, Andrew Back wrote:
He wants over 4,000 Euro? I have plenty of things that
I'd be prepared
to ship worldwide for that sort of price.
Yeah, totally insane. In know, this terminal is quite rare, but it's just
a dumb slow terminal. The only good point about it is the design, a nice
piece.
Christian
7:29 p.m.
On Dec 22, 2025, at 3:40 AM, Christian Corti via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2025, Andrew Back wrote:
"dumb"? Depends on what you mean by that. It is not a "glass TTY";
the VT05 has commands similar to the VT52, and early versions of TECO could do full screen
editing on one of those. And while 2400 baud is slow by today's standards, it was
blindingly fast for those of us used to ASR33s or even Silent 700s.
paul
He wants over 4,000 Euro? I have plenty of things
that I'd be prepared
to ship worldwide for that sort of price.
Yeah, totally insane. In know, this terminal is quite rare, but it's just a dumb slow
terminal. 
7:47 p.m.
The VT05 was 300 baud the VT05B was 2400 baud.
On 12/22/2025 12:29 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Dec 22, 2025, at 3:40 AM, Christian Corti via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2025, Andrew Back wrote:
"dumb"?
Depends on what you mean by that. It is not a "glass TTY"; the VT05 has
commands similar to the VT52, and early versions of TECO could do full screen editing on
one of those. And while 2400 baud is slow by today's standards, it was blindingly
fast for those of us used to ASR33s or even Silent 700s.
paul
He wants over 4,000 Euro? I have plenty of things
that I'd be prepared
to ship worldwide for that sort of price.
Yeah, totally insane. In know, this
terminal is quite rare, but it's just a dumb slow terminal.
7:53 p.m.
Oh, ok. The photos for that terminal clearly show it to be a VT05-B.
paul
On Dec 22, 2025, at 1:47 PM, Mike Katz via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
The VT05 was 300 baud the VT05B was 2400 baud.
On 12/22/2025 12:29 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Dec 22, 2025, at 3:40 AM, Christian Corti via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2025, Andrew Back wrote:
"dumb"?
Depends on what you mean by that. It is not a "glass TTY"; the VT05 has
commands similar to the VT52, and early versions of TECO could do full screen editing on
one of those. And while 2400 baud is slow by today's standards, it was blindingly
fast for those of us used to ASR33s or even Silent 700s.
paul
He wants over 4,000 Euro? I have plenty of things
that I'd be prepared
to ship worldwide for that sort of price.
Yeah, totally insane. In know, this
terminal is quite rare, but it's just a dumb slow terminal.
23 Dec
23 Dec
10:24 a.m.
On Mon, 22 Dec 2025, Christian Corti wrote:
"dumb"? Depends on what you mean by that.
It is not a "glass TTY"; the
Well, relatvely dumb. I agree that is has screen control commands. But it
is somewhat painful on most systems to operate with a 72x20 character
screen.
do full screen editing on one of those. And while
2400 baud is slow by
today's standards, it was blindingly fast for those of us used to ASR33s
or even Silent 700s.
IIRC the VT05 needs pause/spacing characters when operating above 300
bauds or so, so effectively reducing its speed.
This reminds me that I have a VT50 somewhere, also quite limited with its
80x12 (!) screen.
Christian
4:26 p.m.
On Dec 23, 2025, at 4:24 AM, Christian Corti via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Mon, 22 Dec 2025, Christian Corti wrote:
The VT05B needs fill after line feed, but not otherwise.
"dumb"? Depends on what you mean by
that. It is not a "glass TTY"; the
Well, relatvely dumb. I agree that is has screen control commands. But it is somewhat
painful on most systems to operate with a 72x20 character screen.
do full screen editing on one of those. And
while 2400 baud is slow by today's standards, it was blindingly fast for those of us
used to ASR33s or even Silent 700s.
IIRC the VT05 needs pause/spacing characters when operating above 300 bauds or so, so
effectively reducing its speed. This reminds me that I have a VT50 somewhere, also
quite limited with its 80x12 (!) screen.
Yes, uppercase only I believe. The VT05 is also upper case only but 72 x 20.
paul
19 Dec
19 Dec
3:29 p.m.
On Dec 19, 2025, at 1:43 AM, hupfadekroua via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hi all,
there is a DEC VT05 available in Germany.
Please look at kleinanzeigen.de and search for DEC VT05.
I already talked to the seller and he‘ll ship worldwide.
The listing on that website says that it's pickup only, won't ship due to size and
weight.
paul
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