12 Aug
2010
12 Aug
'10
12:44 p.m.
What don't you like about VT420s? They're
my favorite of the line,
followed closely by VT320 then VT220. I don't like VT520s at all.
Relabeled for your enjoyment -- Ian only thing I dislike about VT420s is the non-removable
power cables.
For things with fixed power cables that I am going to be moving around a
lot, I have been known to cut the power cable about 6" from the device
and fit an IEC plug (the sort of thing that goes into the power outlet
socket on a PC). Then I can use a normal 'kettle lead' to power it. Of
course if there's space on the cabient for a chassis-mount IEC plug I fit
that (and for some reason, a number of devices with fixed power cables
have them held in my a strain-relief bush fitted to a blanking plate
which happens to cover a hole just the right size for such a plug).
Getting back to termianls, The VT5xx and VT4xx are too modern for me to
have ever used... But I dislike VT3xx's. My expeirence of thsoe is that
they eat flyback transfomers, and replacement transformeres are hard to
get and expensive. Whereas VT220s don't (I think I've only ever repaled
one flyback in a VT220). The ony porblem with the VT220 is the horizonal
hold preset, pulliing the case and turning it back and forth a few times
cures that.
-tony