Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-11 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 at 19:35, Ali wrote: > > > > Anything that runs a more up to date version of Android? > > > > Sure. The Gemini. > > > > https://www.planetcom.co.uk/ > > > > I have one. It's a lovely little device and quite well-made. I am not > > sure how robust it will be long-term. > > That

Re: Portable terminals

2018-09-11 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 at 21:02, Ali via cctalk wrote: > p.s. The caveat is of course if you get something like the Gemini. That looks > like a very nice machine but at 599 British pounds I rather get a Sony UX > series and have a real PC or the HP LX200. The key, at least for me, is > finding a

Beehive terminals

2018-09-11 Thread Jeffrey H. Johnson via cctalk
The Beehive ATL-008 might be an obscure terminal today, but it holds a special place in my heart as the first hardware terminal I used extensively, and was advanced (for 1982), supporting user programming in C. It's an advanced ANSI/VT102 terminal. It was based on the 68008 and had quite the ni

Beehive terminals

2018-09-11 Thread Jeffrey H. Johnson via cctalk
The Beehive ATL-008 (ANSI/VT102 terminal) might be an obscure terminal today, but it holds a special place in my heart as the first hardware terminal I used extensively, and was advanced (for 1982), supporting user programming in C. It was based on the 68008 and had quite the nice interface, an

Re: Portable terminals

2018-09-11 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
does, by any chance, anyone happen to have the tektronix tekxpress v8.1 firmware for their xp4xx terminals? Il giorno mar 11 set 2018 alle ore 10:23 Liam Proven via cctalk ha scritto: > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 at 21:02, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > > p.s. The caveat is of course if you get something l

Re: WTB: 64K cache SIMM (72-pin)

2018-09-11 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk
On Sat, 1 Sep 2018, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: > An excellent question, but it is exactly the same socket as the 72-pin RAM > SIMMs below it. I even labouriously counted all the pins on the board socket > this morning just in case I'd missed something, and it's 72. The service > manual even

Re: WTB: 64K cache SIMM (72-pin)

2018-09-11 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 9/1/18 9:41 AM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: > Is this actually a *non*-standard thing? it seems likely. I looked at the IDT and Micron 90's SRAM catalogs and the x32 stock sram modules they made are all 64 pin

RE: VT100 emulation

2018-09-11 Thread Ali via cctalk
> They plan to update Android but so far there's only been one update. > It's currently on Android 7.1. I'm hoping for 8 with Project Treble. > > > It also runs Debian Linux and Jolla Sailfish. And this might be its greatest saving grace. Being able to run Linux makes it super useful plu

RE: Portable terminals

2018-09-11 Thread Ali via cctalk
> Oh, yes, for a terminal emulator, it's total overkill. > It's Android but it runs Linux, so it's a > decent-keyboard-equipped totally flexible device which will talk to > pretty much anything ever. I am in complete agreement on this which is why I also suggested the Sony UX series (e.g.

Re: Beehive terminals

2018-09-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 09/11/2018 02:35 AM, Jeffrey H. Johnson via cctalk wrote: > The Beehive ATL-008 (ANSI/VT102 terminal) might be an obscure > terminal today, but it holds a special place in my heart as the first > hardware terminal I used extensively, and was advanced (for 1982), > supporting user programming in

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-11 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 17:34, Ali wrote: > > It also runs Debian Linux and Jolla Sailfish. > > And this might be its greatest saving grace. Being able to run Linux makes it > super useful plus increases the useful life of the device maybe indefinitely > as you are not limited to the whims and d

HP 9845A Computer

2018-09-11 Thread Marlene Klein via cctalk
Hi! We have an HP 9845A computer (1977) in working condition. Can we post it on your site? Thank you, Marlene