{"id":569,"date":"2017-09-06T19:58:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T00:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/?p=569"},"modified":"2017-09-06T19:58:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T00:58:09","slug":"lost-and-found-again-vt102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/2017\/09\/06\/lost-and-found-again-vt102\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost and Found Again: VT102"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No good retro setup involving Unix can be legit without one. I had actually found a new-in-the-box VT102 once back in the 90s in Maryland at some recycling center. I used it for years but lost in moves around MD NJ and PA. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been watching eBay for years trying to justify getting one again but the pricing is outrageous for them. I recently found a nice listing and while it was $300 I decided to bite the bullet and go for it.<\/p>\n<p>It arrived today and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it came in the original box with original packing, manuals, powecord and even plastic around the keyboard. The listing didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mention the original packaging at all.<\/p>\n<p>Now that I have this I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to connect it to my other recent DEC buy, a Pro-350 Workstation. It even came with a HD in it. I have also purchased a refurbished set for RD-50 floppies and a refurbished MFM drive if the one in it won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Box and terminal with cables and manuals:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_2445.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dillernet.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2445.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 2445\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_2442.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dillernet.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2442.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 2442\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_2446.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dillernet.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2446.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 2446\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No good retro setup involving Unix can be legit without one. I had actually found a new-in-the-box VT102 once back in the 90s in Maryland at some recycling center. I used it for years but lost in moves around MD NJ and PA. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been watching eBay for years trying to justify getting one again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dec"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3PE01-9b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":575,"url":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/2017\/10\/04\/dec-professional-350-booting\/","url_meta":{"origin":569,"position":0},"title":"DEC Professional 350: Booting","author":"dillera","date":"October 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I found the DEC Professional 350 in Ebay for just $150 and I considered a nice way to get a PDP-11 system that could at the very least run BSD\u00e2\u20ac\u201d for a decent price. 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