Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-22 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 22/06/2021 08:16, Matt Burke via cctalk wrote: The VT640 had a green phosphor. This was a 3rd party upgrade for the VT100 from Digital Engineering which gives the VT100 graphical capabilities. Part of the upgrade involved changing the picture tube. I suspect this was to reduce flicker as the p

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-22 Thread Matt Burke via cctalk
On 21/06/2021 18:12, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: > I found the IPB on bitsavers and that lists the P4 phosphor and a > later CRT with the P40 phosphor. I think both of those are white. > > > I did find one seemingly untouched image of a VT100 with green text: > https://vistapointe.net/clipart

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2021-06-21 13:12, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: > I did find one seemingly untouched image of a VT100 with green text: > https://vistapointe.net/cliparts/getsecond. That does appear to be a > VT100 (not a VT102/VT103 etc) and is green. We had some like that, but upgraded with a Selenar (?)

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
This is funny, as everyone (me too) weighs in with their description of the elephant. My recollection (also from recent observation of a VT278): - case main: very light cream, somehow with a touch of grey, but not pure white - case insets: very dark brown Remember, it was the 70

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk
Many replies. Thank you all! I have 3D printed Michael Gardi's VT100 model, and I'll try to find some pleasing colors for painting it. https://hackaday.io/project/177596-23-scale-vt100-terminal-reproduction

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 21/06/2021 17:10, Antonio Carlini wrote: On 21/06/2021 15:39, Paul Koning wrote: You're thinking of the VT200, which came in three colors, although at DEC fortunately they never inflicted green on us :-).  But all the earlier DEC video terminals (VT05, VT50/52/61t/62, VT20, VT71) were whi

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 21/06/2021 15:39, Paul Koning wrote: You're thinking of the VT200, which came in three colors, although at DEC fortunately they never inflicted green on us :-). But all the earlier DEC video terminals (VT05, VT50/52/61t/62, VT20, VT71) were white. The only exception I can think of is the

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
I recall the color was "Putty". Best way to find out is open one and see what the plastic looks like on the inside. All VT100's I used had the same while phosphor color as the VT52. Now for real fun, what was the original color of a VT52? Chris

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
It's the same white as the pdp 8a, or rl02 new. On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:42 AM Magnus Ringman via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > A guess, but a confident one: the white part of the VT100 casing would > originally have been the same white as the VAX11 metal cabinets were > painted in.

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Magnus Ringman via cctalk
A guess, but a confident one: the white part of the VT100 casing would originally have been the same white as the VAX11 metal cabinets were painted in. Look at promotional brochures from the era that include a VAX and a terminal. The color might well be a FED-STD-595 one, and/or a very similar Pant

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jun 21, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > > ... > I can't get t mine either but I think they were originally light cream, but > not bright white. That sounds right. > ... > I remember the tube colour being green, I think I remember seeing amber and I > believe t

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
> On 21 Jun 2021, at 14:48, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > > On 21/06/2021 07:51, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> I want to say that it’s white. Though I can’t get to mine right now. >> >> Zane >> >> >> Sent from my iPod >> >>> On Jun 20, 2021, at 10:50 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via ccta

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jun 21, 2021, at 6:48 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > >> On 21/06/2021 07:51, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> I want to say that it’s white. Though I can’t get to mine right now. >> >> Zane >> >> >> Sent from my iPod >> >>> On Jun 20, 2021, at 10:50 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via c

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Tor Arntsen via cctalk
On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 at 07:50, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk wrote: > > Hello, > > Does anyone know what colors a VT100 is? Most photos online has it > looking yellowish, but I expect that's from aging. Some people I have > asked claim it was a light cream color. This bitsavers picture has it > look

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-21 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 21/06/2021 07:51, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: I want to say that it’s white. Though I can’t get to mine right now. Zane Sent from my iPod On Jun 20, 2021, at 10:50 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk wrote: Hello, Does anyone know what colors a VT100 is? Most photos online has it looking

Re: VT100 colors

2021-06-20 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
I want to say that it’s white. Though I can’t get to mine right now. Zane Sent from my iPod > On Jun 20, 2021, at 10:50 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk > wrote: > > Hello, > > Does anyone know what colors a VT100 is? Most photos online has it > looking yellowish, but I expect that's from a

VT100 colors

2021-06-20 Thread Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk
Hello, Does anyone know what colors a VT100 is? Most photos online has it looking yellowish, but I expect that's from aging. Some people I have asked claim it was a light cream color. This bitsavers picture has it looking neutral grey: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/vt100/vt100_wps-8