DEC VT8-E
| DEC VT8-E | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Manufacturer | DEC |
| Model | VT8-E |
| Lifetime | |
| Introduced | June, 1972 |
| Introductory Price | $1,900 |
| Display | |
| Phosphor | P4 white |
| Refresh Rates | 60 Hz, 50 Hz |
| Character Modes | |
| Resolutions | 32x20, 64x20 |
| Matrix | 5x7 |
| Graphic Modes | |
| Type | Monochrome |
| Resolution | 189x200 |
The DEC VT8-E was a low-cost alphanumeric and graphics display terminal introduced in June, 1972 at a price of $1,900.[1] The VT8-E consists of a PDP-8 and the raster display control modules M8335 (printer/keyboard control module), M8336 (clock and frequency divider) and M8337 (line buffer module), and a monitor and keyboard package that looks like a DEC VT05.[2]
Features:
- keyboard
- interface to LA30 or LS8-E line printer
Manx
- VT8-E High Speed Video Display Terminal and Control option, May, 1973
- VT8-E video display control engineering drawings, January, 1973
Images
Display housing
Character font
References
- ↑ "Memories Cut Cost of PDP-8 Systems", Computerworld, July 12, 1972, pg. 15
- ↑ "Eric Smith's Retrocomputing page". http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
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