Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!MCMANIS%USC-ECLC@minet-cpo-em
From: MCMANIS%USC-ECLC%minet-cpo-em@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Terminal on a board...
Message-ID: <14361@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Dec-83 14:28:00 EST
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.14361
Posted: Tue Dec  6 14:28:00 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 10-Dec-83 02:22:39 EST
Lines: 21

From:  Chuck McManis <MCMANIS%USC-ECLC@minet-cpo-em>


Look in this months (DEC) or the October Byte Magazine. Both John Bell 
Engineering and Digital Reasearch Computers (of Texas) sell all off the 
electronics for a terminal, you add parallel keyboard and monitor and voila!
JB Engr goes for $200 and DR of Texas goes for $130 additionally the DR one 
emulates an H19 (VT52 with enhancements) and others, also the terminal software
comes in EPROMS and source is available so you can customize it. DR's is based
on the Z80 and JB's is based on the 6502. We ordered a couple from DR but have
yet to recieve them, I suspect they were confused by the purchase order, (eg 
they don't know how to cash it) Both boards generate separate sync and video
or composite video, available as switch options on the boards, DR also lets 
you invert any of the three signals (H sync, V sync, Video) we plan on 
replacing the innards of some old beehives to make them viable terminals once
again. If you need more info let me know.

				--Chuck
P.S. we got the assembly manual for the DR ahead of time to verify the 
     features we needed so specifics are available on request.
-------