Re: VT1xx flavors (was Re: DEC retail stores in the 1980s)

vmsmangler_at_earthlink.net
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: 30 Nov 2004 06:08:04 -0800

Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote in message news:<qKGcBGHn78jY@eisner.encompasserve.org>...
> In article <d0e744c9.0411291646.181db8ce@posting.google.com>, leeroth@my-deja.com (Lee Roth) writes:
>
> > An interesting note about the VT102 from that page: "VT102 User Guide
> > (EK-VT102-UG). Most terminal emulators that claim to emulate a VT100
> > actually emulate its slightly more capable brother, the VT102."
> >
> > So, the VT102 may have been slightly more functional than a VT100 +
> > AVO
> > but I'm not sure in what regard.
>
> It had a much more efficient protocol enhancement for making a
> small change on a screen - guaranteed present by the model number.

There was also the VT180, the "Robin". This was a kit to convert a
standard VT100 series to a Z80 micro-computer running CP/M. It
consisted of the Z80 8 bit cpu, 64 KB memory and dual 5 1/4 inch
diskettes. Each diskette only stored 180 KB. I donated mine some time
ago to the museum in Texas.

Bill LaCounte (retired VMS Systems Programmer/Systems Manager)