This modem was used primarily to connect a terminal (typically a VT100 or VT52) to a remote computer system over local telephone lines. It communicated at 300 or 1200 bits/second (baud).
This is the processor for the PDP-8/e, a (relatively) low-cost minicomputer model that was introduced in 1970. (The PDP-8/e was sold with a tape drive, terminal, and cabinets that we do not have.)
This bell was used by Mr. John H. Vose, a teacher at the Garfield Intermediate School on Sudbury Street, to call the pupils into school. Purchased at an auction of the Vose property in the early 1900's by Mrs. James Sheridan, Sr. It was used by the…
This set of D & M brand - 3/4lb. - wooden dumbbells is a gift to the Maynard Historical Society, in honor of Maynard's Sesquicentennial Anniversary, from Kate Wheeler.
The set was left behind after the clearing of the old Maynard Fowler School gym…
The WT/78 Word Terminal shows its VT52 heritage from the general design, but the keyboard was custom designed to support "word processing": color coded keys with fixed functions like cut, paste, insert page, etc. The terminal we have in the…