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Subject: Cheap Terminals
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Date: Fri, 30-Sep-83 17:47:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 30 17:47:00 1983
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From:  Chuck McManis <MCMANIS@usc-eclc>


For those of you interested in home brewing your own terminal, Digital
Research of Texas is advertising a 6" X 9" Board with all of the 
hardware and software needed to generate 80X24 video and perform
terminal functions ala the Heathkit H19. The kit is $129 and comes with
all chips (Z80, 6116 Ram, 6845 Video Cntrllr, UART etc.) and needs 
only a monitor and keyboard to work. With a Zenith Green Screen
advertised in BYTE for approx $100 and a parallel keyboard, which I
have seen for as little as $40 but usually run about $70 you can
build a complete terminal for about $300. Significantly cheaper than
a retail terminal. Also, if you can find a "damaged" terminal on sale
at a surplus store you can probably get the keyboard/Monitor and enclosure
for <$100. Of course this mess will need a power supply but it only
needs to supply 5V @ 1.5 A and + and - 12 at <.25 Amps. (We are talking
about $20 here.)

				--Chuck
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