hmm i wonder if somebody found a broken, unfixable one , and decided to stick in modern parts! Imagine the looks you would get playing modern games on this xD
Buck Rogers was made between 1979 and 1981. These terminals would still have been in common use at the time in installations that didn't have a budget or an excuse to replace them, as they were standard items from 1970 to 1975, when the VT-50 replaced them.
Yup, this is where it all started for me, on Dec 3, 1979. PDP-11, RSTS/E, Basic Plus, with a 16k program maximum memory limit. At the time, I was a bit disappointed that I wasn't doing COBOL on an IBM 370, but I had to take what I could get. Carved out a living solely on DEC (Compaq/HP) kit until 2001. Long live DEC, RIP.
Holy smokes that's a slow baud rate!
jq747 2 months ago
people back then had the wrong conception of "the future." try imagining "the future" now?
forinner 3 months ago
HP boss to steve wozniak says in 1976: So you say that this gadget of yours is a computer !
steve to HP boss says in 1976: Yes...
HP boss to steve wozniak says in 1976: Unhhh is steve right well i dont know if people want to use computers !
A few time later....
Steve Woz to Steve Jobs says in 1976: Hey steve they did liked it !
Steve jobs to Steve Woz says in 1976: Yeeahhh!!!
So then steve and woz founded apple and they sold all those electronic devices !
darkdevil905 6 months ago
Kind of hard to believe we had stuff this cool almost 40 years ago now, isn't it? :)
Xezlec 7 months ago
That computer is like... from the future!
tiberianfiend 1 year ago
What kind of a fool keeps a helicopter in his computer room?
caesiume 1 year ago
Oh my fuck... it has buttons, pours out lighty things, and does "beep".
No i'm kidding. I am a former CBM64'er myself.
But this is "impressive" stuff :D
gunblade64 1 year ago
cool
rockangel1967 1 year ago 2
With that and the teletype (Or decwriter I can't tell) It sounds like a steam engine!!!
6364gg2 1 year ago
so the loud noise in the background is the computer right?
astralentity 2 years ago
I think most of that noise might be a teletype or line printer in the same room.
Membrane556 2 years ago 9
Nice.
wisteela 2 years ago
hmm i wonder if somebody found a broken, unfixable one , and decided to stick in modern parts! Imagine the looks you would get playing modern games on this xD
Furetgarcon 2 years ago 2
@Furetgarcon Play true color 3D games on it? But that's nothing COOL ... Maybe can use MAME to serve some old school arcade games. :D
JamesBondXD 1 year ago
They look very futuristic for the times, nice bit of styling.
rudeydudey05 2 years ago 9
Sweet.
jtel 3 years ago 3
I love the styling of it's case it looks like something from Logan's run or the old 80s Buck Rogers.
Membrane556 3 years ago
Buck Rogers was made between 1979 and 1981. These terminals would still have been in common use at the time in installations that didn't have a budget or an excuse to replace them, as they were standard items from 1970 to 1975, when the VT-50 replaced them.
evensgrey 2 years ago
how mutch can you get one for
explosionguy 3 years ago
go to tcdigital and find out.
linuxreuben 3 years ago
Drawing one line of text at a time, and that was considered superfast back then! Gotta love that '70's styling, though!
magicianspirit 3 years ago 4
"Hello. Want to play a game?"
xmvirus202 3 years ago
Need a VT05 for my computer! VERY nice!
iraeus 3 years ago 4
Yup, this is where it all started for me, on Dec 3, 1979. PDP-11, RSTS/E, Basic Plus, with a 16k program maximum memory limit. At the time, I was a bit disappointed that I wasn't doing COBOL on an IBM 370, but I had to take what I could get. Carved out a living solely on DEC (Compaq/HP) kit until 2001. Long live DEC, RIP.
gwsays 3 years ago
wow old school at its best!
dwillson1 4 years ago 2
That thing's Nice!
poopskinTheLiar 4 years ago 3