24 Oct
2002
24 Oct
'02
2:25 p.m.
I walked into one of the local thrifts today and spotted a cool looking
terminal with Data General label on the front but on the back it said Wyse
model WinTerm 2500-TP. It was priced at $21.12 but I was able to get it for
$12.21 plus tax. I just hooked up a Compaq KB and mouse to it and it seems
to work fine. I went into several menus it has on it and it's setup for 256
colors looks real sharp.
I also picked up a Commodore model 2002 Digital/Analog RGB monitor have not
tested it yet but it was only $1.
Other items today were Wyse 60 and a model 160 have not tested either yet
but they also were $1 each; Apple III Business Graphics manual and software
for 25 cents; Sharp Pocket Computer carrying case and Printer/Cassette
interface model CE-122 but no computer was with it but it was free; another
Turbografx16 with 1 game cartridge and power adapter.
My strange picks for today were a these hand held game consoles; Space
Revenger by Tronica (1983), MARIO'S Cement Factory by Nintendo (1983),
Donkey Kong JR. by Nintendo (1982), and Backjack 21 by RADIC:.
25 Oct
25 Oct
5:35 a.m.
--- Keys <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> wrote:
I walked into one of the local thrifts today and
spotted a cool looking
terminal with Data General label on the front but on the back it said
Wyse model WinTerm 2500-TP. It was priced at $21.12 but I was able to
get it for $12.21 plus tax.
I've seen those at the local Uni surplus (at a substantially higher
price, too high for me to justify playing with).
Since you have one, what can you *do* with them? Run Citrix? I did
some initial digging when I saw a few float by, but unless you are in
a strong MS environment, what good are they? ISTR they have a Compact
Flash card. Is it possible to run an OS on them, or are they locked
into whatever their BIOS/firmware allow?
I also picked up a Commodore model 2002 Digital/Analog
RGB monitor have
not tested it yet but it was only $1.
Nice score. Handy for that basement VCR, too!
Wish the Thrifts in Ohio didn't suck so bad. :-(
-ethan
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6:23 a.m.
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- Keys <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> wrote:
The ones I played with back when I had a job helping to maintain a Windows
Terminal Server installation (from back before I came over to the 'good
side') had at least an ASCII terminal emulator that worked with its serial
port, and possibly also could be used to do telnet without requiring it to
connect to a WTS machine. Their main purpose, however, was to connect to
a WTS host using RDP or Citrix Metaframe.
Still, I'm sure you can flash the firmware (we had to do it to fix some
bugs), without a WTS host connected, so I'm sure you could somehow coerse
it to be something nicer (perhaps a VNC terminal, or if you're really
adventerous, an X terminal).
Pat
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I walked into one of the local thrifts today and
spotted a cool looking
terminal with Data General label on the front but on the back it said
Wyse model WinTerm 2500-TP. It was priced at $21.12 but I was able to
get it for $12.21 plus tax.
I've seen those at the local Uni surplus (at a substantially higher
price, too high for me to justify playing with).
Since you have one, what can you *do* with them? Run Citrix? I did
some initial digging when I saw a few float by, but unless you are in
a strong MS environment, what good are they? ISTR they have a Compact
Flash card. Is it possible to run an OS on them, or are they locked
into whatever their BIOS/firmware allow? 
8:21 a.m.
The ones I played with back when I had a job helping
to maintain a Windows
Terminal Server installation (from back before I came over to the 'good
side') had at least an ASCII terminal emulator that worked with its serial
port, and possibly also could be used to do telnet without requiring it to
connect to a WTS machine. Their main purpose, however, was to connect to
a WTS host using RDP or Citrix Metaframe.
These are the ones I've encountered, too. The Veterans Administration (your
tax dollars at work) use them in vast quantities in the VA hospitals for
connection to their large Win2k server boxes; as a future medical
professional, I've come to detest them :-)
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