William Donzelli wrote:
Past the VT100, all terminals get really boring
looking. Perhaps there
are a few exceptions, like the chiseled look of Wyse tubes.
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 still regret
giving mine away, and will hopefully find another one sometime! :-)
cheers
Jules
And not to forget ... IIRC, the VT220 was the only DEC terminal that
supported both RS-232 and 20 mA current loop. Not at the same time,
but it was as simple as going through "Setup", et voil?!
VT100's could do the same, although not through Setup. You could
install the 20 mA current loop option at the back side (behind the big
vertical panel), but that automatically rendered the RS-232 connection
dead. I have done that installation once, and was surprised that the
RS-232 was dead. I kinda hoped that both would work in parallel, and
I'd simply just connect one of the two (25-pin DSUB or 8-pin MOLEX).
- Henk.