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The manual for the IBM 2260 describes the CRT in detail but I don't think it has the information you want. My guess is that if you're IBM, you can get the CRT i
by kens 7mo ago
The manual for the IBM 2260 describes the CRT in detail but I don't think it has the information you want. My guess is that if you're IBM, you can get the CRT in whatever shape you want.
[1] https://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/2260/Y27-2046-3_2260_2848_FETOM_Mar68.pdf#page=45 https://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/2260/Y27-2046-3_2260_2848_...
- pezezin 7mo agoWow, that is a very detailed manual. I am trying to find more information to no avail. Actually the only picture of an IBM terminal with a cylindrical tube is the one in your article, there is nothing else on the entire Internet. I will keep investigating.
- kens 7mo agoOh, I see the difference now. In the photo of the IBM 2260 terminal that I used, the bezel is rectangular and flat. In every other photo of the 226, the bezel is sunken and the screen is oval-shaped. I'll ask around and see if I can find out why. Maybe the photo that I used is a later version with a better CRT?
- rbanffy 7mo agoI wonder what the knob on the side was for. Vertical position seems absurd. That’s also a very large screen compared to how much text it’s displaying. The 2260 was a very odd contraption.
- rbanffy 7mo agoThe keyboard was particularly insane.