From: "John-Paul Allen" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: identify a univac Lines: 12 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:40:23 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.94.172.196 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon1.kc.rr.com 956180423 24.94.172.196 (Wed, 19 Apr 2000 16:40:23 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 16:40:23 CDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!news.rr.com!cyclone-midwest.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!news-central.rr.com!typhoon1.kc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54467 Hello. I just bought a univac computer a garage sale(for a dollar) this weekend with the intention of maybe getting it working, however i think that day maybe pretty far away. I have pictures up at the following website: http://univac.iwarp.com/pictures.html Please take a look at this computer and let me know if you have any information about it. I've searched all over and haven't found a bit of infomation. The serial number is 479 and the type number is T-3536-00. I'm thinking it's a terminal or something because it has transmit and message waiting buttons. Thank you for any information you may have. John-Paul ###### From: "Charlie Gibbs" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: identify a univac Date: 19 Apr 00 19:34:16 -0800 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 74 Message-ID: <3848.144T804T11743649@sky.bus.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p-329.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!pln-w!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news1 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54438 In article echo@kc.rr.com (John-Paul Allen) writes: >Hello. I just bought a univac computer a garage sale(for a dollar) >this weekend with the intention of maybe getting it working, however >i think that day maybe pretty far away. I have pictures up at the >following website: >http://univac.iwarp.com/pictures.html >Please take a look at this computer and let me know if you have any >information about it. I've searched all over and haven't found a >bit of infomation. The serial number is 479 and the type number is >T-3536-00. I'm thinking it's a terminal or something because it has >transmit and message waiting buttons. Thank you for any information >you may have. >John-Paul It's a Uniscope 100. Too bad it's missing the bezel; it would have said so right there. You can tell it from a U200 by the shape of the CRT; depending on the option, it displays either 16 rows of 64 characters, or 12 rows of 80 characters. The characters are drawn stroke by stroke, so they look quite distinctive. It would be a hoot if you could get it going just for that; you wouldn't even have to hook it to anything. (The later U200 looks very much the same, except the tube is taller to accomodate a 24x80 display, which is drawn as the more common raster of dot-matrix characters.) One of the DB-25 connector(s) on the underside is for interface to the computer, while the other (if present) is for an auxiliary printer. The terminal will dump data out the printer port if it receives an appropriate control sequence. As for the computer interface... First, the good news: It's RS-232, and will operate at up to 9600 bps. Now the bad news: most likely it's synchronous (async models exist, but they're rare). It uses a half-duplex block-mode polled protocol reminiscent of IBM's bisync (even the async models). I can tell you more about the protocol than you probably want to know. When I said RS-232, I meant it (sort of) - the pinout on the terminal isn't RS-232, but it is at the other end of the cable that usually comes with the terminal. (I could probably look up the pinouts - heck, I might even find an original cable and put an ohmmeter to it, if I haven't already modified all of them to be straight-through.) And it uses _lots_ of pins, including the synchronous send and receive clocks (pins 15 and 17). These clock signals are provided externally, by a modem or terminal multiplexer (unless you have another very rare option), and without them, synchronous models of the terminal can't function. It's quite something to watch a breakout box connected to one of these things - they use all the handshaking lines, since being half-duplex they have to negotiate line turn-arounds. Like other block-mode terminals, these use the screen as a buffer. Anything you type updates the screen only; nothing goes down the line until you press the TRANSMIT key, at which time it waits for the next poll from the CPU and then dumps the entire contents of the screen (or at least the user-alterable fields - you can define protected areas on the screen for fill-in-the-blanks forms). How do I know so much about these beasts? Well, I spent a lot of time working with them and their successors, and I still have three of them in the basement. (Hmmm... three bucks at a garage sale... hope my wife doesn't see this.) I cobbled together a driver for my IMSAI so I could use one of the async ones as a terminal, back before I managed to scrape up the money for a "real" terminal. I even managed to drive the display on a synchronous terminal - love those 8251 USARTs. :-) If you have any more questions, let me know. Given the nature of this group, you might as well post here instead of e-mailing. -- cgibbs@sky.bus.com (Charlie Gibbs) Remove the first period after the "at" sign to reply. ###### From: "Charlie Gibbs" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: identify a univac Date: 20 Apr 00 17:25:18 -0800 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 18 Message-ID: <772.145T900T10453729@sky.bus.com> References: <3848.144T804T11743649@sky.bus.com> <54stfskmkngcbudomd26bqpl6ddo67eci8@4ax.com> <8dnmbf$rvl$1@news1.tc.umn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-598.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!pln-w!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news1 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54488 In article <8dnmbf$rvl$1@news1.tc.umn.edu> grg@umn.edu (George R. Gonzalez) writes: >BTW speaking of vector characters, I recall a paper in some IEEE >transactions where somebody had figured out how to (crudely) draw the >digits 0-9 by using pulsed inductors and capacitors! And this was >waay before they had computer programs to do this kind of design! I saw a similar article - maybe it was the same one. They worked out the waveforms needed to wiggle the beam around in the proper way to draw characters, then did Fourier analysis and started winding inductors. I'd love to have seen that display. I think the circuitry filled the floor cabinet on which the CRT sat. -- cgibbs@sky.bus.com (Charlie Gibbs) Remove the first period after the "at" sign to reply. ###### From: "Charlie Gibbs" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: identify a univac Date: 20 Apr 00 17:21:34 -0800 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 14 Message-ID: <515.145T1701T10414526@sky.bus.com> References: <3848.144T804T11743649@sky.bus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-597.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!pln-w!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news1 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54490 In article echo@kc.rr.com (John-Paul Allen) writes: >Forgot something. What does the toggle switch on the bottom(towards >the front on the right) do? Why would they put a switch there? I'm glad you reminded me of that. It blanks the screen and I believe disables the keyboard as well. If it's in the wrong position you might have trouble getting the terminal to work. :-) -- cgibbs@sky.bus.com (Charlie Gibbs) Remove the first period after the "at" sign to reply. ###### From: "Charlie Gibbs" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: identify a univac Date: 20 Apr 00 09:32:25 -0800 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 36 Message-ID: <1244.145T1250T5724943@sky.bus.com> References: <3848.144T804T11743649@sky.bus.com> <54stfskmkngcbudomd26bqpl6ddo67eci8@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-602.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!pln-w!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news1 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54491 In article <54stfskmkngcbudomd26bqpl6ddo67eci8@4ax.com> steve@lgx.ch.unisys.com (Williams, Steve) writes: >"Charlie Gibbs" wrote: > >>It's a Uniscope 100... > >Good post. Too bad you didn't mention Maintenance Procedure #1: > >Symptom: >Terminal works erratically. >Solution: >(1) Lift terminal 2 inches (5 cm). >(2) Drop terminal. >(3) Continue. Ah, yes, I remember it now. But we'd just lift the front end (grabbing the main terminal casing itself, of course, not the keyboard, which might break off under the strain). Dropping the entire terminal two inches might dent a metal desk, or splinter a wooden one - those buggers are _heavy_! >I had to use this many times during the 1970s. Something to do with >cost cutting in Salt Lake City when they designed the U100, which >resulted in solder connectors on the logic boards rather than gold >ones. Never seemed to do any harm to the unit, it must have been >pretty tough. I picked up the CE's trick of pulling out the circuit boards and going over the contacts with an eraser, which was quite effective (at least for a while). Yup, they really cut corners on that one. -- cgibbs@sky.bus.com (Charlie Gibbs) Remove the first period after the "at" sign to reply. ###### From: "Charlie Gibbs" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: identify a univac Date: 20 Apr 00 17:18:11 -0800 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 89 Message-ID: <4841.145T584T10384329@sky.bus.com> References: <3848.144T804T11743649@sky.bus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-596.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!skynet.be!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!colt.net!newsfeed.yosemite.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!207.211.168.17!pln-w!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news1 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54493 In article echo@kc.rr.com (John-Paul Allen) writes: >Thanks for all the information!! >I just wanted to know if you could tell me what all the controls and >indicators just below the crt do(they're probably marked on the bezel, >but mine, for some reason, doesn't have one)? The three knobs on the right-hand side of the unit stick through holes in the bezel. From left to right, they're marked WAIT, INTENSITY, and POWER. Press the POWER button to turn the terminal on, again to turn it off. The button lights when power is applied. Turn the INTENSITY knob to adjust the screen brightness. The WAIT indicator lights when you're pressed the TRANSMIT key and the terminal is waiting for a response from the mainframe. The keyboard is locked at this time, and the cursor disappears. To cancel the TRANSMIT key and unlock the keyboard, press the WAIT button; it will extinguish and the cursor will re-appear. Normally covered by the bezel are two screwdriver-adjust pots, two small incandescent bulbs, and two more pots. The bulbs have labels on the bezel marked MSG WAIT and MSG INCOMPL. The MSG INCOMPL light comes on when the terminal starts receiving a message, and goes out when the message is fully received and displayed on the screen. If the message isn't completely received, it it contains parity or checksum errors (validated in the terminal hardware), the indicator will stay on to indicate that an error has occurred. When the mainframe wants to get your attention for something, it sends a control sequence that lights the MSG WAIT indicator to show that the system has a message waiting for you. It also beeps its audible alarm (that Sonalert you've probably noticed on the bottom panel) once a second until you acknowledge the message. This has provoked other users in the office nearly to violence on occasions when a terminal has started beeping and nobody paid attention to it. To acknowledge the request and accept the message that is waiting, press the MESSAGE WAITING key, which acts like a fifth function key. (Well, actually the zeroth function key - later terminals added function keys 5 through 22.) The pots adjust things like focus. I think one might be a volume control for the beeper. One of them is a secondary intensity control. If you turn it way up, the intensity will go up to the point where it would burn the screen if you left it there too long. But it lets you reveal an interesting pattern of dots on the screen. There's a matrix of dots, either 16x64 or 12x80 depending on the display option. These are the home positions for each charater position on the screen. The electron beam jumps to each home position in turn, then draws strokes around that position before jumping to the next position. You'll also see a very bright dot in the center of the screen. >Also, any thoughts on how to rig up a cable and supply the clock >signals so I might be able to play with it a little more than just >turn it on? I assume I would need a serial port with all 25 pins >instead of the 9 pin ports I have now for the sync and all that. >I'm not planning on using it for anything resembling computing, >but I paid a dollar for it, and want to do something with it. Because it's a block-mode half-duplex terminal, you should be able to type things on the screen even if it's not connected to a computer. When you first turn the power on, if it's working properly you'll see a blinking cursor in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. The cursor consists of two lines along the top and right-hand sides of the character cell. It looks like a 7 with the downstroke completely vertical. In fact, if you type a 7 on the screen and move the cursor back over the 7, the downstroke of the 7 will appear to swing between its normal angle and vertical, as the terminal alternates between the cursor and whatever character it's over. The RETURN key simply moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line down on the screen; it wraps from the bottom line back to the top. The arrow keys will move you around the screen, and you can type over previous material. Note that the space bar is not a real space bar, but just a big right-arrow key. I'll never understand what possessed Univac to do this - to erase a character you have to press the little ERASE CHAR key that's up about where the escape key is on a modern keyboard. >Once again, thanks >John-Paul You're welcome. I might have a couple of manuals for the Uniscope terminals, but I don't know where. Working out the serial port connections will take more time than I have right now, but if the terminal is OK you'll be able to get something on the screen without connecting anything to it. -- cgibbs@sky.bus.com (Charlie Gibbs) Remove the first period after the "at" sign to reply. ###### Message-ID: <38FDF5A8.52270910@trailing-edge.com> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:06:32 -0400 From: Tim Shoppa Organization: Trailing Edge Technology X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03Gold (X11; I; OpenVMS V7.0 DEC 3000 Model 300L) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: identify a univac References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.73.218.130 X-Trace: reader0.news.uu.net 956181993 25518 63.73.218.130 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news0.de.colt.net!colt.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.novia.net.MISMATCH!novia!uunet!ffx.uu.net!spool0.news.uu.net!reader0.news.uu.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54453 John-Paul Allen wrote: > > Hello. I just bought a univac computer a garage sale(for a dollar) this > weekend with the intention of maybe getting it working, however i think that > day maybe pretty far away. I have pictures up at the following website: > http://univac.iwarp.com/pictures.html > Please take a look at this computer and let me know if you have any > information about it. I've searched all over and haven't found a bit of > infomation. The serial number is 479 and the type number is T-3536-00. I'm > thinking it's a terminal or something because it has transmit and message > waiting buttons. You're right, it's not a computer, it's a terminal. From the description of the buttons, it's a page-mode terminal, too. Does it maybe say "Uniscope" anywhere on it? Some of the Univac terminals of the mid-70's that I've dealt with say that. Can you look at the chips inside and identify any date codes? Tim. ###### From: "John-Paul Allen" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers References: <38FDF5A8.52270910@trailing-edge.com> Subject: Re: identify a univac Lines: 37 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 23:12:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.94.172.196 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon1.kc.rr.com 956185929 24.94.172.196 (Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:12:09 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:12:09 CDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!feed2.news.luth.se!luth.se!uio.no!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!news.rr.com!cyclone-midwest.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!news-central.rr.com!typhoon1.kc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54466 "Tim Shoppa" wrote in message news:38FDF5A8.52270910@trailing-edge.com... > John-Paul Allen wrote: > > > > Hello. I just bought a univac computer a garage sale(for a dollar) this > > weekend with the intention of maybe getting it working, however i think that > > day maybe pretty far away. I have pictures up at the following website: > > http://univac.iwarp.com/pictures.html > > Please take a look at this computer and let me know if you have any > > information about it. I've searched all over and haven't found a bit of > > infomation. The serial number is 479 and the type number is T-3536-00. I'm > > thinking it's a terminal or something because it has transmit and message > > waiting buttons. > > You're right, it's not a computer, it's a terminal. From the > description of the buttons, it's a page-mode terminal, too. > > Does it maybe say "Uniscope" anywhere on it? Some of the Univac > terminals of the mid-70's that I've dealt with say that. > > Can you look at the chips inside and identify any date codes? > > Tim. Sorry, no Uniscope anywhere. Some of the chips have a date code from 1970(haven't taken it apart enough to see the other chips, but probably also 1970). Two of the transformers have June 1970 printed on them, so this thing is more than likely from 1970. Also, there is a serial-port-looking thing on the bottom of the terminal. Any ideas on this? Any remote chance of hooking this up to a pc? John-Paul ###### From: "Williams, Steve" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: identify a univac Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:05:26 +0200 Organization: Personal account Lines: 21 Message-ID: <54stfskmkngcbudomd26bqpl6ddo67eci8@4ax.com> References: <3848.144T804T11743649@sky.bus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.227.195.126 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: si05.rsvl.unisys.com 956235896 44087 129.227.195.126 (20 Apr 2000 13:04:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@rsvl.unisys.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Apr 2000 13:04:56 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!easynet-melon!easynet.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!ams.uu.net!ffx.uu.net!eanews1.unisys.com!si05!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54475 "Charlie Gibbs" wrote: >It's a Uniscope 100... Good post. Too bad you didn't mention Maintenance Procedure #1: Symptom: Terminal works erratically. Solution: (1) Lift terminal 2 inches (5 cm). (2) Drop terminal. (3) Continue. I had to use this many times during the 1970s. Something to do with cost cutting in Salt Lake City when they designed the U100, which resulted in solder connectors on the logic boards rather than gold ones. Never seemed to do any harm to the unit, it must have been pretty tough. Steve. ###### From: "George R. Gonzalez" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: identify a univac Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:27:19 -0500 Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus Lines: 22 Message-ID: <8dnmbf$rvl$1@news1.tc.umn.edu> References: <3848.144T804T11743649@sky.bus.com> <54stfskmkngcbudomd26bqpl6ddo67eci8@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: grg2.micro.umn.edu X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsxfer.eecs.umich.edu!news.eecs.umich.edu!hardy.tc.umn.edu!news1.tc.umn.edu!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54507 Ah yes, the Uniscope 100. it was the first real CRT terminal I ever touched (at a trade show). Quite nice display with I think vector stroked characters. It was QUITE a step up from what I was used to, the ASR-33 teletype, I tell ya! BTW speaking of vector characters, I recall a paper in some IEEE transactions where somebody had figured out how to (crudely) draw the digits 0-9 by using pulsed inductors and capacitors! And this was waay before they had computer programs to do this kind of design! ###### From: "John-Paul Allen" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers References: <3848.144T804T11743649@sky.bus.com> Subject: Re: identify a univac Lines: 13 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:59:50 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.94.172.196 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon1.kc.rr.com 956260790 24.94.172.196 (Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:59:50 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:59:50 CDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!skynet.be!newsfeed.cwix.com!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!news.rr.com!cyclone-midwest.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!news-central.rr.com!typhoon1.kc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54521 Thanks for all the information!! I just wanted to know if you could tell me what all the controls and indicators just below the crt do(they're probably marked on the bezel, but mine, for some reason, doesn't have one)? Also, any thoughts on how to rig up a cable and supply the clock signals so I might be able to play with it a little more than just turn it on? I assume I would need a serial port with all 25 pins instead of the 9 pin ports I have now for the sync and all that. I'm not planning on using it for anything resembling computing, but I paid a dollar for it, and want to do something with it. Once again, thanks John ###### From: "John-Paul Allen" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers References: <3848.144T804T11743649@sky.bus.com> Subject: Re: identify a univac Lines: 24 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:06:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.94.172.196 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon1.kc.rr.com 956264798 24.94.172.196 (Thu, 20 Apr 2000 16:06:38 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 16:06:38 CDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!news.rr.com!cyclone-midwest.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!news-central.rr.com!typhoon1.kc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54523 Forgot something. What does the toggle switch on the bottom(towards the front on the right) do? Why would they put a switch there? "John-Paul Allen" wrote in message news:WkJL4.12404$Bt.176165@typhoon1.kc.rr.com... > Thanks for all the information!! > I just wanted to know if you could tell me what all the controls and > indicators just below the crt do(they're probably marked on the bezel, but > mine, for some reason, doesn't have one)? Also, any thoughts on how to rig > up a cable and supply the clock signals so I might be able to play with it a > little more than just turn it on? I assume I would need a serial port with > all 25 pins instead of the 9 pin ports I have now for the sync and all that. > I'm not planning on using it for anything resembling computing, but I paid a > dollar for it, and want to do something with it. > Once again, thanks > John-Paul > > ###### Message-ID: <3900E656.D0CC05CE@worldnet.att.net> From: Jim Ellingsen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: identify a univac References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 27 Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:39:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.72.66.153 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 956360391 12.72.66.153 (Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:39:51 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:39:51 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!howland.erols.net!news-out.worldnet.att.net.MISMATCH!wn3feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.19!wnmasters2!bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:54578 Sure looks like a Uniscope 100 to me. Polled synch terminal with characters as strokes rather than dots. Addressed via RID, SID, & DID. The SLC gang was too cheap to properly plate the contacts on the cards so the standard repair procedure was to lift the right side 3 inches and drop or when that didn't work remove the cards and use an eraser. Otherwise not bad terminals for the time ... Does anyone remember Uniscope 300 terminals? They were larger than most PCs, took two people to move, and had a huge number of keys on the keyboard plus plastic overlays that defined the use of some keys. Cheers ... Jim Ellingsen John-Paul Allen wrote: > > Hello. I just bought a univac computer a garage sale(for a dollar) this > weekend with the intention of maybe getting it working, however i think that > day maybe pretty far away. I have pictures up at the following website: > http://univac.iwarp.com/pictures.html > Please take a look at this computer and let me know if you have any > information about it. I've searched all over and haven't found a bit of > infomation. The serial number is 479 and the type number is T-3536-00. I'm > thinking it's a terminal or something because it has transmit and message > waiting buttons. Thank you for any information you may have. > John-Paul