bqt@cia.docs.uu.se (Johnny Billquist) (05/13/91)
Hi. I have just, for the first time in my life, laid my eyes on a VT103. This is a strange beast. It has the same lok as the standard VT100 series, but it has, what it looks like, two DECtape II drives under the screen. Does anybody know anything about this one. Does it need some software from the DECtape, or is it just for storage, accessible by some escape codes? What processor does it have and so on. I can open it and see myself what processor it is, ok, but the rest of it? Johnny
kalisiak@acsu.buffalo.edu (christophe m kalisiak) (05/13/91)
In article <bqt.674098937@cia.docs.uu.se> bqt@cia.docs.uu.se (Johnny Billquist) writes: > >Hi. > >I have just, for the first time in my life, laid my eyes on a VT103. Scary, isn't it? >This is a strange beast. It has the same lok as the standard VT100 >series, but it has, what it looks like, two DECtape II drives under >the screen. > >Does anybody know anything about this one. Does it need some software >from the DECtape, or is it just for storage, accessible by some >escape codes? What processor does it have and so on. >I can open it and see myself what processor it is, ok, but the rest >of it? The VT103 has an 18-bit backplane in it. (I know of people who modified it to be 22-bit though.) You will have to open it up to find out what processor is in it, but it will either be an 11/03 or an 11/23 CPU. You can have the entire system (albiet VERY slow) run within the VT103 using the DECTape II as the system and data disk, but usually you have an RX02 as the system/data disk. I had one, but gave it away because it ate the basic video board for breakfast every time you put a new one in... Chris Kalisiak kalisiak@acsu.buffalo.edu
gkn@ucsd.Edu (Gerard K. Newman) (05/13/91)
In article <bqt.674098937@cia.docs.uu.se> bqt@cia.docs.uu.se (Johnny Billquist) writes: > >I have just, for the first time in my life, laid my eyes on a VT103. [...] >Does anybody know anything about this one. Does it need some software It contains an LSI-11,either an 11/03 or an 11/23 depending. It also has a serial line interface (probably a DLV-11J) and a beefed-up power supply. I had one with an 11/23, RLV12, DLV-11J and a single RL-02 for a long time ... ran RSX-11M on it. -- gkn Gerard K. Newman gkn@sdsc.edu 619.534.5076 San Diego Supercomputer Center gkn@sdsc.bitnet 619.534.5152 FAX PO Box 85608 sdsc::gkn (27.1/span) San Diego, CA 92186-9784 ucsd!gkn
tro@sunlite.uucp (Tom Olin) (05/15/91)
In article <bqt.674098937@cia.docs.uu.se> bqt@cia.docs.uu.se (Johnny Billquist) writes: I have just, for the first time in my life, laid my eyes on a VT103. Does anybody know anything about this one. Gee, I *own* one of those. Anybody want to buy it? Mine does not have the DECtape drives, but I have dual RX02 drives, a whopping 132KB of memory, a multi-function boot card, and 6 serial ports. The processor is an 11/23; the bus is the Q-bus. The terminal contains a 4x4 card cage; I currently have 3 of the 4 slots filled. The operating system is RT-11, and I have FORTRAN, C, PASCAL, BASIC, LISP, FORTH, TECO, RUNOFF, and lots of other stuff. It's not a bad system - at least, if you like RT-11 - although it really messes up our TV reception. -- Tom Olin uunet!adiron!tro (315) 738-0600 Ext 638 PAR Technology Corporation * 220 Seneca Turnpike * New Hartford NY 13413-1191