Turtle Terminal 2500 - Revision history

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2025-04-18T15:49:28Z

Avoid redir

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	The '''Turtle Terminal 2500''' was a 16-bit [[minicomputer]] [[terminal]] designed by Marvin Minsky; it was initially just named the '2500' (for the target price). It had dual [[display]]s: one for text, and another for [[vector graphics]]. It was meant to run [[microcode]] to implement [[Logo]], but the size of the [[firmware]] [[RAM]] precluded that. Danny Hillis wrote firmware to emulate a [[Datapoint 3300]] terminal, with additional commands for turtle graphics. 2500's were typically attached to a [[host]] running Logo: the [[SITS]] [[PDP-11/45]], an [[LSI-11]] based machine called the [[General Turtle]] 3500, or [[Unix]].		The '''Turtle Terminal 2500''' was a 16-bit [[minicomputer]] [[terminal]] designed by [[Marvin Minsky]]; it was initially just named the '2500' (for the target price). It had dual [[display]]s: one for text, and another for [[vector graphics]]. It was meant to run [[microcode]] to implement [[Logo]], but the size of the [[firmware]] [[RAM]] precluded that. Danny Hillis wrote firmware to emulate a [[Datapoint 3300]] terminal, with additional commands for turtle graphics. 2500's were typically attached to a [[host]] running Logo: the [[SITS]] [[PDP-11/45]], an [[LSI-11]] based machine called the [[General Turtle]] 3500, or [[UNIX\|Unix]].

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2022-09-22T11:37:56Z

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	The 16-bit [[minicomputer]] designed by Marvin Minsky was initially just named the '''2500''' for the target price~~, and~~ had dual [[display]]s: one for text and another for [[vector graphics]]. It was meant to run [[microcode]] to implement [[Logo]], but the size of the [[firmware]] [[RAM]] precluded that. Danny Hillis wrote firmware ~~for~~ a Datapoint 3300 terminal ~~emulator~~ with additional commands for turtle graphics. 2500 ~~terminals~~ were typically attached to a host running Logo: the [[SITS]] [[PDP-11/45]], an [[LSI-11]] based machine called the [[General Turtle~~\|3500~~]], or [[Unix]].		The '''Turtle Terminal 2500''' was a 16-bit [[minicomputer]] [[terminal]] designed by Marvin Minsky; it was initially just named the '2500' (for the target price). It had dual [[display]]s: one for text, and another for [[vector graphics]]. It was meant to run [[microcode]] to implement [[Logo]], but the size of the [[firmware]] [[RAM]] precluded that. Danny Hillis wrote firmware to emulate a [[Datapoint 3300]] terminal, with additional commands for turtle graphics. 2500's were typically attached to a [[host]] running Logo: the [[SITS]] [[PDP-11/45]], an [[LSI-11]] based machine called the [[General Turtle]] 3500, or [[Unix]].

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Larsbrinkhoff: $2500

2022-09-22T11:34:39Z

$2500

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	The 16-bit [[minicomputer]] designed by Marvin Minsky was initially just named the '''2500''', and had dual [[display]]s: one for text and another for [[vector graphics]]. It was meant to run [[microcode]] to implement [[Logo]], but the size of the [[firmware]] [[RAM]] precluded that. Danny Hillis wrote firmware for a Datapoint 3300 terminal emulator with additional commands for turtle graphics. 2500 terminals were typically attached to a host running Logo: the [[SITS]] [[PDP-11/45]], an [[LSI-11]] based machine called the [[General Turtle\|3500]], or [[Unix]].		The 16-bit [[minicomputer]] designed by Marvin Minsky was initially just named the '''2500''' for the target price, and had dual [[display]]s: one for text and another for [[vector graphics]]. It was meant to run [[microcode]] to implement [[Logo]], but the size of the [[firmware]] [[RAM]] precluded that. Danny Hillis wrote firmware for a Datapoint 3300 terminal emulator with additional commands for turtle graphics. 2500 terminals were typically attached to a host running Logo: the [[SITS]] [[PDP-11/45]], an [[LSI-11]] based machine called the [[General Turtle\|3500]], or [[Unix]].

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Larsbrinkhoff: Stub.

2022-09-22T10:13:51Z

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The 16-bit [[minicomputer]] designed by Marvin Minsky was initially just named the '''2500''', and had dual [[display]]s: one for text and another for [[vector graphics]]. It was meant to run [[microcode]] to implement [[Logo]], but the size of the [[firmware]] [[RAM]] precluded that. Danny Hillis wrote firmware for a Datapoint 3300 terminal emulator with additional commands for turtle graphics. 2500 terminals were typically attached to a host running Logo: the [[SITS]] [[PDP-11/45]], an [[LSI-11]] based machine called the [[General Turtle|3500]], or [[Unix]].

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