15 Apr
2008
15 Apr
'08
8:45 p.m.
On Apr 15, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
DEC VT320 or VT420. They are reliable, small, cheap, and easy to
find.
And eat flyback trasnformers like they're going out of fashion.
I've seen exactly three fail...I've had dozens upon dozens of
those terminals go through my hands. Mind you, I think that's an
excessive failure rate for "adult" (as opposed to "PC") computer
equipment, but still. I guess I've just had better luck.
I always use
a real terminal when one is available, though.
What is a good real termial ( that you can afford )? FWIW, I've not managed to obtain any VT2xx or
later DEC terminal
with the
exception of the VT240. THey're not that common in .uk
Really? That surprises me. They're all over the place here. A
fellow with whom I've sadly lost touch had a warehouse containing
well over a thousand VT320s maybe eight years ago. I think it was in
Virginia. I wonder what happened to those.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL