{"id":24261,"date":"2026-06-09T14:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=24261"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:05:10","slug":"vin204","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/vintage-computing\/item\/vin204\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Instruments Silent 700"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Texas Instruments Silent 700<\/h2>\n<p>[Vin204]<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)+br]:hidden\">The Texas Instruments Silent 700 was a line of portable\u00a0<strong>data<\/strong>\u00a0terminals, not a standalone computer, best known for making quiet, suitcase\u2011style remote access to mainframes and time\u2011sharing systems practical over ordinary telephone lines in the 1970s. Its claim to fame was combining an integrated acoustic\u2011coupler modem, solid\u2011state thermal printing (the \u201csilent\u201d 5\u00d77 dot\u2011matrix head), and reasonable cost into a highly popular, rugged device that traveling \u201croad warriors\u201d and professionals could carry to dial into remote computers from homes, hotels, or offices long before laptops or CRT terminals were common.<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20260609_183007527-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-24259\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20260609_183007527-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Texas Intstruments Silent 700\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20260609_183007527-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20260609_183007527-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20260609_183007527-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20260609_183007527-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20260609_183007527-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20260609_183007527-2048x1538.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20260609_183007527-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20260609_183007527-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manufacturer<\/strong>: Texas Instruments<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type<\/strong>: Portable Electronic Data terminal, keyboard\u2011and\u2011printer terminals with serial and\/or acoustic\u2011coupler modem interfaces<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release Date<\/strong>: 1971<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cost at release<\/strong>: ~$12,000 adjusted for inflation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Donated by<\/strong>: Dr. Arlen Michaels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Instruments Silent 700 [Vin204] The Texas Instruments Silent 700 was a line of portable\u00a0data\u00a0terminals, not a standalone computer, best known for making quiet, suitcase\u2011style remote access to mainframes and time\u2011sharing systems practical over ordinary telephone lines in the 1970s. Its claim to fame was combining an integrated acoustic\u2011coupler modem, solid\u2011state thermal printing (the \u201csilent\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":19704,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Instruments Silent 700 - 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