14 Aug
2010
14 Aug
'10
12:49 a.m.
Huh? My VT420s have removable power cords...
Some do, some do not.
The VT420 have both DB25 and MMJ,
Some do, some do not. Of the fifty or so I had recently, I think only
one had the DB25 in addition to MMJ.
However, MMJ is actually very nice. Too bad it
didn't catch on outside of
DEC. But I try to use it for everything I can at home.
MMJ "fixed" a problem that really was no big deal - people confusing
RJ45 serial with ethernet. I think the real reason was to lock people
into MMJ by doing the old lets-violate-the-standard trick. In my book,
DEC is guilty as anyone else here.
No, I can't honestly think of a keyboard I like
better than the LK201 and
LK401.
Mmmm...
The reliability of the VT420 seems to be pretty
decent. I've had many more
VT320 fail on me. But we have to remember that we're talking about 20+ year
old equipment now...
Yes, but these were built well towards the end of the monochrome CRT era.
--
Will