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David HembrowSorting through stuff in our garage, I found a spare keytop. Should I ever need to switch between 110 and 300 baud in the future this'll come in handy. I think they may have come off a DECwriter. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dec</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/decwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decwriter</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#keyboard</a>

Koen MartensIn the category 'I regret I gave this away' I found a picture of my old <a href="https://chasmcity.net/tags/DecWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DecWriter</a> while trawling through my ancient backups. When I moved to <a href="https://chasmcity.net/tags/DenHaag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DenHaag</a> I had no space for it anymore. Here it is, standing in the main lounge of the original <a href="https://hsnl.social/@revspace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@revspace</a> - when we had to move I donated it to <a href="https://chaos.social/@hack42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hack42</a>. I don't know what happend to it when the <a href="https://chasmcity.net/tags/ComputerMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ComputerMuseum</a> at <a href="https://chaos.social/@hack42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hack42</a> was downsized in recent years. I miss it!<a href="https://chasmcity.net/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

robert588This is so cool! It’s going to need a bath… <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vintagecomp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintagecomp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dec</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/decwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decwriter</a>

C.<a href="https://eigenmagic.net/@vampiress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@vampiress</a> I programmed on one of those <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DecWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DecWriter</a> terminals...I still get nightmares about line editors.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LineEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LineEditor</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PrinterTerminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrinterTerminal</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/VAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAX</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/VMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VMS</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEC</a>

Computer History Museum 🇸🇮💡🖨️ For terminal access, you don't even need a monitor. Ancestor of this dot matrix printer with a keyboard, the DECwriter III, had its roots in teleprinters, which evolved from telegraphy. This model dates back to 1977 and supports only the more modern RS-232 standard with a maximum speed of 9600 bit/s.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computermuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computermuseum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computerhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slovenia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ljubljana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ljubljana</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dotmatrixprinter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dotmatrixprinter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrotech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nostalgie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/70er" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#70er</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decwriter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintagecomputer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terminal</a>

C.<a href="https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lauren</a> I took my first uni <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CS</a> course as a night class while I was in high school. We used <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DECWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DECWriter</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/printer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printer</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/terminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terminals</a> connected to an ancient <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/VAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAX</a> - the terminals were laughably out-of-date even at that time (mid-<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#80s</a>).They could only print 30 chars/s, so they topped out at 300 baud.Good riddance to line editors!

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@graay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@graay</a> give up fellas - I’m moving straight to the shorts, long socks while programming on the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DECWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DECWriter</a> 2 terminal <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/VT100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VT100</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/straya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#straya</a> 🇦🇺🦘

Ethan BlantonA family of <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/PDP11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PDP11</a> computers and a <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/DECWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DECWriter</a> IV terminal (along with some other old stuff). This photo is from a few years ago, when I was working on two of the 11/34s. The 11/34 on top in the stack of two was functional at this time, but the other two were flaky. The unit in the rack is now operational, but the bottom of the two stacked units has both a power supply and a backplane issue (the latter undiagnosed, the former unfixed). <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

John Friel III<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@ghewgill" class="u-url mention">@ghewgill</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/@thomasbeagle" class="u-url mention">@thomasbeagle</a> I have a pair of vintage terminals I've hooked up to wifi to my hosted HP2000 emulator. Good times! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ASR33" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ASR33</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DECwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DECwriter</a>

Greg Hewgill<a href="https://mastodon.nz/@thomasbeagle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thomasbeagle</a> The first time I ever used a modem, there was a tractor feed line printer connected to it on my end. <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DECwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DECwriter</a>

Ubuntu Peronista<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lineart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoart</a> No matter what, load your <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DECWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DECWriter</a>

Dave SpectorWhat is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crypto</a>? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BloombergNew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BloombergNew</a> seems to think it involves a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAX</a>-11/780 and a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DECWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DECWriter</a> III tho’…. Weird.

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