12 Aug
2010
12 Aug
'10
7:08 p.m.
On 8/12/10 3:01 PM, Ian King wrote:
Relabeled for your enjoyment -- Ian
Not at all, I just wanted to know what he didn't like about them. The
only thing I dislike about VT420s is the non-removable power cables.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
> 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.