12 Aug
2010
12 Aug
'10
12:01 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:24 PM
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: GET LAMP is here
On 8/11/10 11:21 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
Relabeled for your enjoyment -- Ian
> Of course, shipping for, say a hundred VT520s
is significantly
higher than for those modern replacements - even when you add in
the
(now LCD) screen. Oh that's right, you can just go down to Best Buy
(which rarely is) to buy the screens....
I doubt shipping costs would be so much of an issue - VT520s, if they
are anything like VT420s, are not very heavy. If company X needs
several hundred dumb terminals spread around in their system, I bet
they would have enough of their own shipping going on, and the VTs
could hang on the sides of the trucks for free.
> That's not to say I don't have a personal preference for the
originals
- I have mostly VT420s at home, and we're refurbishing a
bunch of VT100s and VT52s here at work. -- Ian
OK, I will say it - VT420s suck.
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.
-Dave