--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:
> >what is THE favorite terminal you folks here use ?
>
> I've got VT100's, VT220's, VT320's and VT420's. Plus I've used VT520's,
> Wyse, and HP terminals as well as a couple others. My favorite is the
> VT420. Though I must admit I lust after a VT340+, but I have yet to get
> my hands on one.
I'm happy with a VT102 or a VT220 (but not for VT-52 emulation - it
doesn't accurately run the VTEDIT TECO macro) for most stuff. I also
have a quantity of C-Itoh 101 (VT102 clones) and 101e (logically a
VT102 clone, physically with a base and a tilt-screen) terminals. We
were happy with them at SRC. One nice feature about the 101e is the
internal digital clock on the setup screen (I had a DCL script called
from my login script that shot the right escape sequence to my 101e
so I could check the time by tapping the SETUP key). Another nice
feature was that the printer port could also be used to provide a
second session, but without the modern fancy real-time capture and
refresh of the second session - if something comes down the pipe for
the non-active session, it goes to the bit bucket. It was handy when
in an app like an editor that could be refreshed, though. Stuff on
the command line was gone forever if missed, so bad for compiles.
When using an actual terminal these days, I'd say that 90% of my
time is spent on a VT-220, one I've had since 1984. I'd love something
newer. Nothing has fallen on me since I sold a MicroBus full of VT320s
for 90% of the cost of the VAX they were attached to (bought uVAX-2000
with 6 terminals, DHT-32, and an external (2nd) RD54 for under $800, sold
the terminals on the way home to a 3rd-party reseller in town for ~$100
each).
If a VT-420 appeared locally (to save shipping costs), I'd snap it up in
a heartbeat.
-ethan
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Received on Fri Oct 11 2002 - 14:28:01 BST