Wangtek DC-300 drive and controller

Joe R. rigdonj at cfl.rr.com
Sun Nov 13 19:48:04 CST 2005


At 09:13 AM 11/13/05 -0800, you wrote:
>On 11/13/2005 at 9:40 AM Allison wrote:
>
>>If not sasi/scsi it could be "host"  as in the hard disk bridge boards.
>>Host interface is IDE of the time as it's a register interface with
>>re/, wr/, a few address lines, data and reset more or less.  Makes 
>>it generic.
>
>If it helps, I believe that these came out of a Tektronix 6800 "smart
>terminal" box.

   Are you sure that wasn't Tektronix 4051 COMPUTER that you took them out
of???? I wasn't aware of any Tektronix "terminals" with a tape drive and a
6800 CPU.

 (Another brand that you never seem to hear about--the
>storage tube display was sort of unusual).

   But cool!  It was amazing to watch it draw characters. And then they'd
stay there until you pressed the ERASE key!

   Joe

>
>Cheers,
>Chuck
>
>
>



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