What's the best RS-232 terminal?

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Mon Oct 11 11:39:14 1999

>
> I never quite understood the concept of computer equipment designed in
> such a way that stacking things on top of it was difficult or
> hazardous. Don't manufacturers realize that it's difficult to stack
> things that aren't shaped for stacking, and that stackability is
> helpful for saving space, which many of us are short on? The worst
> offenders seem to be those new Macintoshes, in assorted
> colors... those should win an award for the worst computer design of
> the century; in order to make one of them useful, one would have to
> build a wood frame, or somesuch, around one, which one should be able
> to deduct from the purchase price.
>

Its because you're NOT supposed to stack stuff on top of the monitors.
Since people cant seem to grasp that simple concept, the manufacturers
have to slope the tops more and more. the heating vents on the top
should have given you a clue as to why they dont want books and papers
stored there...

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Mon Oct 11 1999 - 11:39:14 BST