jailbait@c3pe.UUCP (R. "Jailbait" Segal) (07/29/88)
Ok, so, I was given one. It's neat. It has no docs or the like. What I know is this. It's very close to a VT-52. It was designed for word processing. The DEC Tech rep referred to it as their first Stand Alone. The Ref Manual goes for $84. My VAX sysop at NYU has never heard of them. Most people haven't. (I love obscure hardware - i just picked up 2 KSR 33 TTY's - :-) Ok, what I would ask of you: Have any of you heard of these things? Do any of you have one? What about manuals? What did the Tech rep mean by standalone? Stuff like that. I really like this - it's fun getting responses from DEC like "Well, no one here would know about it because they weren't here when it was in production!" Stuff like that. Well, anyway. Thanks in advance for any info. If you want, you can call me at work (10-7 or so) at (301) 890 1600. Or at home (try around 11 pm) (301) 474 4890 Thanks again. Jailbait. Rich. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ jailbait@c3pe.uucp decuac!c3pe!jailbait jailbait@dasys1.uucp cmcl2!phri!dasys1!jailbait segal@acfcluster.nyu.edu segal@nyuacf.bitnet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Jailbait --- ..!decuac!c3pe!jailbait
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu (07/30/88)
That's a DEC word processing workstation based on an Intersil chip.
It runs the PDP-8 instruction set, so there's a mountain of obsolete-
but-fascinating software available. It was the first "integrated"
PDP-8 system, but of course it was preceded by a lot of variations
on the '8.
Mike Berger
Department of Statistics
Science, Technology, and Society
University of Illinois
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
{ihnp4 | convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!bergeraad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) (08/03/88)
The VT78 is, as far as I can tell, a PDP-8 cpu of some sort (the cmos chip?) stuck into a vt52 with a floppy controller. What I'd like to know is why my rx02-pa came with a db25 cable plugged into the interface board. It would up under the top of the box and into a db25 on the back. The rx02-pa should just be a normal rx02 in a vertical box that looks like a decmate I. The interface board seems to be the same, so I just unplugged the berg<->db25 cable and stuck a berg<->berg cable in. When my rx211 arrives I'll know..-- @disclaimer(Any concepts or opinions above are entirely mine, not those of my employer, my GIGI, or my 11/34) beak is beak is not Anthony A. Datri,SysAdmin,StepstoneCorporation,stpstn!aad