Free and new but probably useless

[MrMacPlus]

A dumb terminal, maybe you guys can tell me what I should do w/ it. It's in mint condition along with the keyboard. Has Serial modem ports and Parallel ports. :

 

[netfreak]

Throw it at someone you don't like. That's about the only use you'll get out of it unless you have the server with the proper interface that used to run it. If it was network based with TCP/IP then no problem, but it sounds like the old WYSE terminals we had at radioshack back in the day which all directly connected to some special interface in our server.

 

[coius]

Linux box? Try that

I would setup a linux box (or NetBSD) and use it to control the Linux box. If you get like a dual or quad core system, act like it's a mainframe!

For added effect, get a REAL mainframe

 

[Unknown_K]

I know people who collect terminals, what brand and model is it? Mostly the people who collect the old terminals have an old mini/mainframe they play with.

 

[tecneeq]

Anything with serial connections should be able to serve that thing. I myself have two terminals, one of the early and perfect X11-Terminals from HP wich runs perfectly well on ethernet and 1280x1024 TFT and an ancient serial one with an amber colored builtin screen!

The last one is perfect for that retro unix feeling when you play with an PDP11 simulation. Sometimes i wear a fake beard, like Dennis Ritchie .

 

[mac2geezer]

I know people who collect terminals, what brand and model is it? Mostly the people who collect the old terminals have an old mini/mainframe they play with.

Would any of those people be interested in a TI Silent 700 terminal? It's a portable 300 baud terminal with thermal printer, acoustic coupler and what looks like an RS232 port. Works just fine and even has a partial roll of the heat sensitive paper. If anyone wants it for the cost of shipping they can have it, otherwise it's going to the recycler pretty soon.

 

[Unknown_K]

I know people who collect terminals, what brand and model is it? Mostly the people who collect the old terminals have an old mini/mainframe they play with.

Would any of those people be interested in a TI Silent 700 terminal? It's a portable 300 baud terminal with thermal printer, acoustic coupler and what looks like an RS232 port. Works just fine and even has a partial roll of the heat sensitive paper. If anyone wants it for the cost of shipping they can have it, otherwise it's going to the recycler pretty soon.

Let me ask around for a couple days before you toss it.

Where about in Oregon are you?

 

[Unknown_K]

There was somebody selling one of those units in Eugene Oregon for $100 on craigslist last year, was that you?

 

[mac2geezer]

$100 for a TI 700? Good God no that wasn't me; I would be ashamed to try something like that.

I'm about 100 miles east of Eugene, about 20 miles from Bend. I won't be in any hurry to dispose of it.

 

[iamdigitalman]

Sweet. I have always wanted a dumb terminal, ever since I settled on a garage server.

I found this one, but not at that price. looks like you could even hook it up via ethernet. If it has a standard PS/2 port, like it appears this one has, imagine using that with an IBM model M...

[/drools]

 

[MrMacPlus]

I don't have it with me right now but I will get the model number soon.

 

[Bunsen]

You can hook it up to an OS X box, and run Terminal on a real terminal. Instructions are out there somewhere

 

[mac2geezer]

Anything with serial connections should be able to serve that thing. I myself have two terminals, one of the early and perfect X11-Terminals from HP wich runs perfectly well on ethernet and 1280x1024 TFT and an ancient serial one with an amber colored builtin screen!
The last one is perfect for that retro unix feeling when you play with an PDP11 simulation. Sometimes i wear a fake beard, like Dennis Ritchie .

I didn't think there was anyone else on this forum old enough to remember the PDP 11. Did you work for DEC by any chance?

 

[Gary_W]

Ahem. I used to dial into work from home by issuing modem commands to the 2400 baud external modem (that cost me a pretty penny too!) that was directly connected to an ADM-3A (old even when I got it from work). I made a shell script that would drop the line and call me back so it was on their dime heh. Then I would read the usenet newsgroups by connecting to the local college system. This was all before everyone found out about the internet. ah, the good ole days. Keep in mind this was outdated when I was doing it, I just always loved working with the old technology and proving it still useful.

I still have a 386 UNIX box and a bunch of terminals. I have ebay'd a cpl. There are still systems out there that use them and folks keep an eye out for replacements. For instance, auto-repair and parts stores use them and they are on all the time and get severe burn-in. Heck, I sold the ADM-3A for > $300!

Gary

 

[Gary_W]

P.S. I still have our old development box, an ONYX system running UNIX System III. Before shutting it down, you had to boot to a tape and run the command to park the heads. I played lots of rogue on that.

Gary

 

[coius]

P.S. I still have our old development box, an ONYX system running UNIX System III. Before shutting it down, you had to boot to a tape and run the command to park the heads. I played lots of rogue on that.
Gary

Haha wow! kick'n it oldschool, eh?

I would LOVE to mess around on a system like that. That would be fun as hell to play with old school technology, as I have been a fan of stuff 25+ years.

 

[MrMacPlus]

But OMG I love the keyboard on this thing. It hooks up to the terminal via a phone cable. When I said the terminal can hook to the computer via serial modem I meant the connector is an ordinary phone cable, I doubt it's a modem.

 

[Bunsen]

ADM-3A

droooooool

a portable 300 baud terminal with thermal printer, acoustic coupler and what looks like an RS232 port. Works just fine and even has a partial roll of the heat sensitive paper.

Heh. Add a one line, 16 character blue VFD alphanumeric display and it sounds like the one I bought from the local recycler for a buck recently.

MrMacPlus: have you got a model name/number for your term?

 

[MrMacPlus]

Sorry Bunsen not yet, I hopefully will soon. It's not with me right now.