[rescue] what the heck is it

[Steve Sandau]

Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> I 'rescued' a unique piece of computer equipment...
> 
> Here is the data:
> 
> Raytheon
> RDS-201E (on badge on front/top)
> P/N G246101-3010 (from badge on rear)
> Model VT302 (from badge on rear)
> 
> This has 2 5.25" full height floppy drives (like the original IBM PC)
> likely Tandon mechs ?
> 
> Has a 'built in' (more like 'built on') screen.
> 
> Has switches for 10 pitch/12 pitch
> 1/1.5/2 spacing and another I forget
> (they are on the monitor piece).

Doesn't pitch and spacing like that sound like a word processor of some 
type? I think the hardware sounds like the right vintage, before PCs 
were really commonplace.

Look anything like this: 
http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/LexitronVT1303.htm

Seems that Raytheon purchased a word processor company called Lexitron...

Steve