can anybody help me remember model of computer  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: sony mavica
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 01:27:59 am
content: so when i was younger i found a computer screen and keyboard that somebody put outside there house i thought it was just a crt monitor and keyboard got it home and saw the keyboard had a RJ-11 plug on the end of the cable and i saw it could be plugged into the back so i plugged it in and turned on the screen and i remember i could type in text i don't think the screen had any other slots to plug in anything but it was like 11 years since i found iti just wanted to know more info on it as ive never seen anything like it since

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 01:33:09 am
content: Could have been a Tandy TRS-80?There were many computers like that.Do you still have it? Any pictures?

author: artag
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 01:40:28 am
content: Or a serial terminal. VT220s usually had rj11 for a keyboard connector.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT220

author: sony mavica
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 01:45:27 am
content: Quote from: IanB on February 11, 2016, 01:33:09 ami wish i did still have itits was not a Tandy TRS-80

author: sony mavica
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 01:49:17 am
content: Quote from: artag on February 11, 2016, 01:40:28 ami don't think it was that pc as i now remember the txt was geen and you would type at the bottom of the screen not the top

author: C
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 01:56:46 am
content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_terminalBack then a lot of computer terminals used green or amber fonts.New type at bottom of screen is also commonWhat you type and what remote computer says causes text to scroll up.

author: Len
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 02:09:58 am
content: I feel so old.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 02:44:39 am
content: I'm leaning towards it being a terminal of some sort as well. A Dec VT220 or maybe a 320 or 420, or maybe a Wyse, which made some that looked similar. Many models had an RJ connector for the keyboard to the CRT.

author: flanneltuba
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 02:56:28 am
content: Some SUN workstations also had a RJ11 keyboard connection. I still have a couple of the actual cables, and one or another PC boards from the monitor side of the equation, but little more. I think the stations were 68010 based, as I recall. I may have one of the motherboards out in my shack somewhere.

author: mamalala
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 03:00:44 am
content: Quote from: Len on February 11, 2016, 02:09:58 amDon't worry, you are in good company. As for me, i remember VT terminals, Wyse terminals... Heck, even X11 terminals. I also installed a bunch of Twinnax cabling. So there...Greetings,Chris

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 03:16:12 am
content: I can only go back to 3270 A1, A4, ....

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 03:21:12 am
content: It was interesting to watch how they evolved from VT100 (clunky) to VT220 (sleek) to VT320 (sleeker).I also remember when we had to send software tapes across the Atlantic by DHL because the Internet wasn't a thing yet.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 04:15:14 am
content: Probably it was a VT-52 terminal. I had one (2nd hand) that I used with an acoustic coupler at staggering speed of 300 bauds.But that didn't have green phosphor so maybe the VT-100 as other mentioned since the VT-52 was all one unit.

author: DJohn
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2016, 11:48:01 am
content: Draw a picture, with as many details as you remember, and post it. Someone will recognise it.