len (04/14/83)
#N:hp-kirk:10500004:000:409 hp-kirk!len Apr 12 14:30:00 1983 In the April 11th Wall Street Journal, Teletype advertised the introduction of four new terminals, including one that looked suspiciously like the BLIT (Bell Labs Intelligent Terminal) with a Depraz mouse. Does anyone know if the Teletype product is, in fact, the BLIT, and if so, what its specs and price are? Len Feldman HP-PCD
schnable (04/15/83)
Re: is that a blit I saw in the Wall Street Journal? Blit is not an acronym for anything! And yes that is a blit (or at least a close cousin), your window to the future. More info on the Teletype 5620 Dot Mapped Display terminal can be obtained by calling Teletype Corp. at (800) 323-1229. They have some really spiffy color brochures and spec sheets on the unit. Andy "a satisfied blit user" Schnable IH BTL x2680 ihnp4!ihuxf!schnable
david (04/19/83)
The April 21 issue of Electronics contains an article (pg. 170) on the Teletype 5620 bit-mapped terminal (aka BLIT). It contains a Bellmac 32 and 256K of RAM and lists for $6115; deliveries are to begin in the fourth quarter. The green phosphor CRT is 8 (wide) x 10 1/4 (high) inches and 800 x 1024 pixels (100 pixels/inch). According to the article, a software support package (which includes "a UNIX-like operating system written specifically for the 5620, a screen formatter and multiplexing software that allows the unit to appear to the system to be more than one terminal") will be available from Western Electric (not AT&T??), and runs under System V. David Brown, Varian
neil (04/20/83)
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hplabs!neil Apr 20 13:16:00 1983
***** hplabs:net.micro / ihuxf!schnable / 9:25 am Apr 15, 1983
Re: is that a blit I saw in the Wall Street Journal?
Blit is not an acronym for anything! And yes that is a blit (or at least
a close cousin), your window to the future. More info on the Teletype
5620 Dot Mapped Display terminal can be obtained by calling Teletype
Corp. at (800) 323-1229. They have some really spiffy color brochures
and spec sheets on the unit.
Andy "a satisfied blit user" Schnable
IH BTL x2680
ihnp4!ihuxf!schnable
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I just called up Teletype, and they said the following:
1. They have no firm date or availability for the 5620 yet.
However, it "will be less than $4K."
2. The 5620 is an upgrade from the blit. It is software
compatible, but has better (--> cheaper to manufacture?
simpler?) insides.
3. NO SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE! If you buy it, you get it as
an empty box. The sales rep suggested that I speak to
American Bell to get the right stuff for it. I am not
talking only of the stuff needed to make unix talk to it,
I am also talking about the firmware inside the
terminal. Can someone from Bell confirm this?
Well, it sounds interesting. Anyone know if the software to make
Unix talk to this think will be available? Do I just need a
system V license, or to I need extra stuff?
Neil Katin, HP Labs
{ucbvax,hao,sri-unix}!hplabs!neil
415-857-4036smith@umn-cs.UUCP (06/06/83)
#R:hp-kirk:10500004:umn-cs:6900008:000:301 umn-cs!smith Apr 22 08:35:00 1983 John Mashey from Bell Labs (PWB, etc) was here in the Twin Cities earlier this week. He specifically mentioned that he's been using a "Teletype Model xxxx" (I don't remember the exact number). When greeted with uncomprehending looks, he said "It's also been referred to as the BLIT." Aha! Rick.