[H-GEN] Wierd terminal. [Medium length]

[A Bruce in the Land of the Bruces]

On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Jason Parker wrote:

> I've gotten hold of a weird looking Wang terminal.  But I can't figure
> out how to operate the damn thing, so I am hoping that a member of the
> Humbug Collective knows something about them.
> 
> It's a Wang 4430, if that means anything to you all.  It does not have
> a plug for a serial cable, rather there are:
> 
>  o 2 (two) bnc connections, one push-and-twist, the other is a
>    screw-in connector;
>  o 2 (two) little modular plugs, the same size and shape as keyboard
>    connectors---in fact, one of them is just that.

Ok, I've got at least 1 of these, admittedly I haven't had time to get
them working.  And they are in the back storage.  And its cold outside.
And I'm staying right here. ;)

>From what I can remember of my notes on them, you should have received a
little boxette with the two BNCish connecters coming out (or was it one
BNC screwin and a keyboard connector?), and a serial (male?) DB 25
connector.  Without that box, you ain't gonna get far.

> When I turn the little blighter on, it goes through some diagnositcs,
> dumps a copyright date, and some other rubbish[1] and then just sits
> there, clicking whenever I hit a key.
> 
> I can't find a menu setup key of any sort, and I have no working

Tried either 'Home' or 'shift F3' ?

> computer to use a network[2] card to fiddle with it with.  The wang
> web page is no help, and uses frames, besides.  :(  The only reference
> on the web that I can find is that some resellers mob in the states
> flogs them for $80, and calls them workstations!?

Altavista finds 168 references to "+wang +4430 +terminal" .  Adding
"+pinout" to that brings up alpha-osf mailing list archives though ;)
 
> cost me $10.  Surely one of our more senior members can help me out?

You mean, those of us who have collected more junk? ;)

--==--
Bruce.

*sigh* explained *again* to one of the braindead admin staff the
differences between file transfer protocols and various search
implementations/protocols, and I think she *still* has it in her head that
FTP is used to access Archie.  


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