Collecting vintage computers is my thing. Though I have to stop as I have run out of room. So I spend a lot of time looking at photos and reading. Sometimes I see a computer and think, "Wow, that's really neat looking." Yeah, my thoughts sound like that of a ten year old. Anyway, later after doing some research, I realize I'm not looking at a computer, but a terminal. A computer terminal is not a computer at all, but a device that connects to a computer. It's easy to make that mistake because of the monitor and keyboard, but there is nothing more to it. In fact, some terminals don't have monitors at all. Sometimes they have printers instead. Basically typing out what is coming from the computer. I'm not interested in those. Check these out.
This terminal above is a Zenith Z-19. Clearly these are the inspiration for the computers we see in the Fallout video games. There are variations of this terminal, but I like this one best.
Then there's the Lear Siegler ADM-3. It came out in 1975.
The Digital VT100 came out in 1978. I'm having a hard time believing that. I keep thinking I made a mistake in the reading because this thing looks like something from the mid-1980s. This looks fantastic. Makes me wonder if anyone ever modded these to have a computer built-in. Guess that'll be something I have to look into..