[GreenKeys] new stuff - DEC Gigi
David Burns
dvdbrns at rcn.com
Thu Jun 13 21:44:49 EDT 2013
That was a remarkably capable little unit for 1980...I fell in love with
it while doing in-house PDP-11 software for DEC.
As I recall, it had a variety of outputs and even limited graphics. If
I'm not mistaken, it was a bit of a skunk-works project that managed to
escape to the outside world, but without any marketing muscle behind
it. I don't think DEC knew how to sell it, since it wasn't a Rainbow
and yet could do more but was physically smaller. It was an extremely
computer-like terminal device. Weird but -useful-.
It's fantastic that documentation is available online 33 years
later...definitely worth it to get going..and post a few pictures if you
can!
-Dave in Boston
FWIW, we said "gee-gee".
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