Re:Video terminals at Slovenian Computer Museum: VT52/100/22...
by markostamcar on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:19PM
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The poor guy still needs some love, however I decided to post the photo anyways :) We did a "first pass" cleaning of everything collected since 2004 but have only recently found a permanent home and storage for our collection - so much left to do, but it's a pleasure polishing the milestones of yesteryear :)
Re:Video terminals at Slovenian Computer Museum: VT52/100/22...
by shimonabi on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:11PM
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Hey, I'm also from Slovenia and wanted to do the same thing for my private collection.
A month ago, a guy in Maribor had (maybe still has?) a non-working DEC VT101, a working Gorenje Paka 3000 and some terminal printers, but he didn't want to sell anything separately, so I didn't buy anything from him.
Re:Video terminals at Slovenian Computer Museum: VT52/100/22...
by markostamcar on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:17PM
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Zdravo :) You're welcome to visit us once we (hopefully) open in the second part of the year.
We are aware of a few local private collectors and admire how they cherish their treasures. The museum does not have a budget for acquisition but thankfully we have already received many generous donations and will make sure as many visitors as possible can experience them!
Re:Video terminals at Slovenian Computer Museum: VT52/100/22...
by markostamcar on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:13PM
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Author here. Thanks and welcome :)
Dynamically Redefined Character Set (DRCS) was introduced with DEC VT200 and even though online information is scarce, there is enough there to make it work on a real machine.
Even more interesting are the Yugoslavian/Slovenian video terminals with their own custom graphics modes and features - it is a lost art but we at the Museum are working on bringing it back!
They were connected to a VAX/VMS mainframe cluster at 19.2kbits.
Thanks for sharing!
A month ago, a guy in Maribor had (maybe still has?) a non-working DEC VT101, a working Gorenje Paka 3000 and some terminal printers, but he didn't want to sell anything separately, so I didn't buy anything from him.
I have a feeling you know of him.
Some of these old serial terminals can do real graphics but the whole topic is rather obscure (which makes it more interesting i suppose).
Dynamically Redefined Character Set (DRCS) was introduced with DEC VT200 and even though online information is scarce, there is enough there to make it work on a real machine.
Even more interesting are the Yugoslavian/Slovenian video terminals with their own custom graphics modes and features - it is a lost art but we at the Museum are working on bringing it back!