#vt420 — Public Fediverse posts

I should really document this setup.
Playing music with #MusicPlayerDaemon on my #Marantz controlled through a #VT420, both from around 1990.
Software is #MPD on #Debian on an #RPi 2. Soundcard is some cheap old usb Soundblaster, but using #lirc I can control MPD using its controller.
This all took some effort. 😌
#retroComputing #somaFM

I should really document this setup.
Playing music with #MusicPlayerDaemon on my #Marantz controlled through a #VT420, both from around 1990.
Software is #MPD on #Debian on an #RPi 2. Soundcard is some cheap old usb Soundblaster, but using #lirc I can control MPD using its controller.
This all took some effort. 😌
#retroComputing #somaFM

I should really document this setup.
Playing music with #MusicPlayerDaemon on my #Marantz controlled through a #VT420, both from around 1990.
Software is #MPD on #Debian on an #RPi 2. Soundcard is some cheap old usb Soundblaster, but using #lirc I can control MPD using its controller.
This all took some effort. 😌
#retroComputing #somaFM

I should really document this setup.
Playing music with #MusicPlayerDaemon on my #Marantz controlled through a #VT420, both from around 1990.
Software is #MPD on #Debian on an #RPi 2. Soundcard is some cheap old usb Soundblaster, but using #lirc I can control MPD using its controller.
This all took some effort. 😌
#retroComputing #somaFM

I should really document this setup.
Playing music with #MusicPlayerDaemon on my #Marantz controlled through a #VT420, both from around 1990.
Software is #MPD on #Debian on an #RPi 2. Soundcard is some cheap old usb Soundblaster, but using #lirc I can control MPD using its controller.
This all took some effort. 😌
#retroComputing #somaFM

Trying out #Mastodonochrome by @simontatham on my trusty old #DEC #VT420 terminal.
Generally works ok, but all normal text is flashing for some reason. And it's not respecting my ISO-8859-1 codepage preference.
But it's fun that it's running at all! It does have a #BBS feeling. 😄
#retroComputing

The ever present legacy of old teletypes and glass terminals…
Recently @b0rk made a zine about terminals and @pid_eins is mentioning monochrome terminals relating to systemd development.

I should dig out my old #VT420 again and explore some more of its lesser known features.

From: @remaster
https://mastodon.social/@remaster/104167061097939249

We're finally in the digital age. Here's a DMS-10 digital switch. It's got a DEC VT420 hooked up for remote management.

It's notably quite, cold and clean down here. Gone are the accidental 48v zaps you get when you touch the wrong parts of the mechanical switches a floor above. Not sure if I like all this efficiency.

You gotta see this boot screen tho...

#DMS10 #DEC #VT420

Just use this DEC #VT420 #Terminal #Beep #sound as you wish. #Retrocomputing :sdf:

Of course I had to log on to Mastodon on the #DEC #VT420 - maybe someday I'll make it prettier but it works.

#retrocomputing

a toot from a ~1982 Hazeltine Esprit III terminal connected to a #raspberrypi. Thanks @cognitivegears for the idea (check out his #dec #vt420 post).

What it looks like to toot from a #dec #vt420 (using a #raspberrypi for the command line.)

Obligitory toot from a #digital #vt420. Trying out the amazing toot command line project. Check it out at https://github.com/ihabunek/toot

@Swimming I seem to be the only one that has no idea what you were up to before, so maybe someone can clue me in. But, #CRT ? What kind? I seem to have started a collection of #DEC #serial #terminals - I've got a #vt510, some #vt420 units, and a #Wyse even.

Small hack. Video below.
The #VT420 has a "Host Writeable Status Display", which now shows the currently playing song from another machine.
Machine 1: Foobar2000 with REST api.
Machine 2: PHP script parses json stream, and outputs info to the status line using a shell script with some special control characters.
The result is that I can use the terminal as normal and still see the current song on the status display.
https://cloud.neuman.fi/s/GmbZJkPibyqbEZT