[net.music.synth] Synclavier info needed

hall@beta.DEC (Dan Hall) (07/30/85)

I'm posting this for my friend Bob LeMieux.

He is in the process of buying a used Synclavier that comes without a
terminal.  Apparently New England Digital wants exhorbitant sums of money
for their terminal, which is supposed to be a VT100 with a DQ640M-00 graphics
kit from Digital Engineering consisting of a CRT and a driver board.  The 
resolution is 480 x 800 pixels, and NED calls it a "VT640".    He put money
down on a used VT100 with the intention of buying the graphics kit directly
from Digital Engineering, but apparently they've gone Chapter 11.  I've asked
him if any VT100 compatible terminal with high-res graphics can be used and he
says no, but doesn't know why.  What he wants is a lead on a new or used
DQ640M-00.  What I would like is a description of how the terminal on the
Synclavier interfaces with the rest of the system, what it controls, and why
the system is supposedly dedicated to the "VT640" terminal.

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