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Grant Sewell wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I have a Digital VT420 dumb terminal lying around at home which I'm >> offering free to anyone who wants it. It was going to be chucked away >> when I was sorting out the office closure for the NHS office in Exeter >> back in April. I thought I could find a use for it rather than chuck it >> in a skip but I haven't actually found a use and its taking up room >> which is needed for other things. >> >> As far as I know it's working okay. It comes complete with a keyboard. >> Both the terminal and keyboard are slightly discoloured with age (it was >> made in 1993 I believe). >> >> If anyone wants it, I'd be happy to let them have it free of charge. >> All you need to do is collect it from my home in Torquay or if whoever >> wants it is going to the BBQ later on in the summer, I can bring it along. >> >> If there isn't any interest in it then I'll take it down to the >> recycling centre. Ideally I'd like to know one way or another if anyone >> is interested in it by Wednesday as I'm getting grief off the girlfriend >> about it. >> >> Rob >> > I might be very interested in it... very interested indeed. I wouldn't > actually have a use for it myself, per se, but if I am teaching the > Operating System Theory unit at College again next academic year, then > it would be very nice for my students to actually have a real > dumb-terminal to play around with, rather than just reading/talking > about it. > > I will definitely try to get to the next BBQ, so long as it's not in the > first two weeks of September as I'm out of the country. > > Grant. > > No problem Grant, I'll hang on to it for you. Where abouts do you live? I occasionally visit Plymouth due to my work and also to visit the city so I could meet you in Plymouth sometime if it's easy enough for you to get to? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html