13 Jul
2011
13 Jul
'11
11:37 a.m.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Jules Richardson
<jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:
I always liked the VT220; while the keyboard was quite
enormous, the
terminal itself lent itself nicely to being tucked into a corner, rather
than taking up lots of desk space. I did rather like the styling, too, which
was far less boxy than a lot of terminals out there.
I liked the VT100 styling much more than the VT220 - easier to stack.
Really. (at one place, we had an office with six VT100s - two levels
of three terminals - very handy for watching multiple stderr streams
at once - quite extravagant, though, as even the clones were costing
us $1600 each at the time).
I still regret giving
mine away, and will hopefully find another one sometime! :-)
A year or two back, I had several VT220s available in
dirty-but-confirmed-working shape from an auto dealer's parts counter,
and I couldn't generate any interest. These were at FreeGeek
Columbus, so when they didn't sell intact, they were scrapped out.
They aren't easy to ship, and they certainly aren't light, but it
seems unless they are purchased in person, there's not so much demand.
-ethan