pdsmith@bbn.com (Peter D. Smith) (06/29/91)
Following is a potentially useful list of DEC printer and terminal
products. Being in charge of printer/terminal support for my
companies software, I'm often asked, "have you ever heard of the
DEC xyz printer?" This list was made so I could say, "yes"
Being mildly compulsively tidy, I'm interested in hearing about
additions to the list.
Peter D. Smith
PARTIAL LIST OF DEC TERMINALS AND PRINTERS
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NAME COMMENTS
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-- DEC* Series (Large stand-mounted Clunky dot-matrix printer/terminals) --
DECprinter I LA180 (? also LA11)
DECprinter IV LA34
DECwriter Correspdent LA12
DECwriter II LA36
DECwriter III LA120
DECwriter IV LA38
-- LA Series (Small Dot-matrix Printers) --
LA11 DECprinter I 180 cps
LA12 DECwriter Correspondent. Portable printer with keyboard
LA34 DECprinter IV. Antique stand-mounted printer; 300 baud
30 cps dot-matrix printer
LA35 DECwriter II. ??
LA36 DECwriter II. ??
LA38 DECwriter IV. LA34 with keyboard; this was a popular user
terminal! Now you know why "line editors" used to be popular.
LA50 Simple dot-matrix printer
LA75 Updated LA50; double the Y resolution
LA100 LetterWriter 100 printing terminal
LA120 DECwriter III
LA180 DECprinter I
LA210 ?? Emulates Epson MX80
LCG01 LCP01. Full-page Color printer
LCP01 ??
LetterPrinter 100
Typewriter-sized dot-matrix printer
LetterWriter 100
LA100
LG01 ?? Large, Fast dot-matrix line printer
LG02 ?? Large, Fast dot-matrix line printer
LJ250 HP PaintJet in other clothes. Color dot-matrix printer;
uses inkjet technology.
-- LN Series (Laser Printers) --
LN01 Laser printer
LN03 Laser printer; sixel graphics
LN03 plus LN03 with bigger bitmap
LN03R LN03 with postscript
LN05 DEClaser 2100 - an HP LaserJet III with DEC mods - unlike
other remanufactured HP printers, DEC didn't include the
PCL compatibility.
LN06 DEClaser 2200. LN05 with duplex hardware.
-- LQ Series (Letter Quality Daisywheel Printers) --
LQP01 ??
LQP02
LQP03
-- LP Series (Line Printers) --
LP05 300 lpm, uppercase-only printers; OEM'd Data Products 2230?
LP06 600 lpm, uppercase-only printers; OEM'd Data Products 2260?
LP11-C Drum (big, fast) printer
LP11-D Drum (big, fast) printer
LP25 300 line/minute printer
LP26 600 line/minute printer
LP27 1200 line/minute printer
LVP16 Color pen plotter (16 pens)
LXY12 Fast graphics lineprinter
LXY22 Fast graphics lineprinter
PrinterServer 40
Networked laser printers; 40 pages/minute
-- RT Series (Ruggedized VT Series) --
RT100 Ruggedized VT100
RT102 Ruggedized VT102
RT103
RT137 RT100 with bar-code wand
-- VT Series (Video Terminals) --
VT52 First decent DEC terminal; can position cursor
but can't scroll regions
VT55 VT52 with graphics??
VT62 Used on PDT-11/150 computers??
VT86 VT52 for the Japanese market
VT100 First totally modern DEC terminal; has full cursor
positioning, char bold, scroll regions
VT101 VT100 with "advanced video option" (when you go to
132 char mode, you don't loose the bottom 6 lines!)
VT102 VT100 with AVO and a few omre escape sequences
VT103 VT100 with on-board computer and tape drives.
VT125 VT100 with ReGIS (graphics) as an add-on board
VT131 VT100 with ???
VT220 Nice text terminal; has bitmap graphics
VT240 Nice graphics terminal
VT241 VT240 with color
VT286 VT240 for the Japanese market; from a programming
standpoint it's closer to a 300-series
VT320 Nice text terminal; better setup screen then VT220;
you can program the function keys easily
VT330 Nice graphics terminal
VT340 VT330 with color and more color planes.
VT420 Nice text terminal