Black 5500 and something really odd

[Bunsen]

Yes folks, Reservoir Waste Transfer Station comes through like a champion again. A near-pristine black Director's Edition PowerMac 5500/250 with the AV in/out card for ....

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.$10

And an ancient terminal device. It's a keyboard with a 2" cash register type paper roll printer, an acoustic coupler at the back (yes, those foam cups that squidge over a 70s style telephone handset) and a 20 character alphanumeric (not dot matrix) vacuum-fluorescent display. All in a case the size and shape of a big ole desk calculator.

And a Macbook Pro battery for $5 (wtf?)

 

[TylerEss]

Dude, that terminal is awesome! I hope you can figure out what to do with it while you're sitting around basking in the cool of the black 5500.

 

[Quadraman]

I heard a rumor those didn't come with cache memory installed. Is that true?

 

[LCGuy]

I'd assume the MBP battery has carked it?

 

[Christopher]

Lies if there is no pictures.

 

[Bunsen]

Fair enough. Pictures to come.

Dude, that terminal is awesome! I hope you can figure out what to do with it

Well, first thought was of course to sell it on eBay to some collectroid. It was $5.Second thought was to yoink the VFD for some project or other.

Third thought was to try and bypass the acoustic coupler and wodge in an RS-232 port, and use it as an actual terminal.