[rescue] Wang machines

[Dave McGuire]

On January 15, Rick Hamell wrote:
> >   This sounds like an OIS...a multiuser word-processing system based
> > on a Z80.  Is there a Z80 on one of those boards?  Also, those BNC
> > connectors...I'm betting they're paired, with one BNC and one TNC
> > connector in each pair.  These are the terminal ports.  These are
> > pretty neat systems if you can find a terminal for them.
> 
> 	Cool... I don't recall seeing a Z80 on the board, but will

  Cool beans.

> look. Any clue to get pin outs on the connectors? I've got a couple of
> terminals that I might be able to hack something together with. :0

  Umm, don't even try.  Those Wang terminal interfaces are unlike
anything else anyone has ever seen.  Trust me...I've *built* a little
rs232 terminal with a keyboard and an LCD display, and I won't go near
those Wang interfaces.

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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