Hi Arthur,
I am currently using a laptop to act as the console terminal. It works
just fine, but then again, the laptop works better and is decades faster
than the 8/E, so might just as well not use the 8/E at all!
I am looking for a console terminal that is age appropriate to the 8/E.
A 4010, or 4012 looks nice, and was used on 8/E's in the research world.
At least the 4010 is built with ttl chips, like the 8/E.
A DecWriter or ASR33 would be more authentic, though.
-Chuck
arthurok wrote:
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i like dec tape drives and the tu56 was a very good one
im not sure the 4010 was a very good terminal
it would be easy to use an old pc as a terminal and even use it to load in paper tape images.
a dectape stores about as much info as an 8" single sided single density floppy.
that was decs replacement for the dec tape did you know the dec tape seeks at almost 100 inches per second??
