Hazeltine 1421 - anyone heard of it?

From: Sark <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Oct 31 19:37:00 2002

I just got a Hazeltine 1421 terminal. When I first got it, It showed
nothing but garbage on the screen, then I took it apart and cleaned
everything, reseated chips and cleaned their pins. I fired it up again
and it worked perfectly, save for the keyboard jamming on some keys. I
cleaned the keyboard completely, and was able to fix most of the
problems, except the keyboard is missing the "-" keytop, the "T" key
jams occasionally, "E" is erratic and "J" is really gouged and bent,
and falls off easy (looks like someone dropped something heavy on the
keyboard). All in all, save for the keyboard, it's in very good shape.
The question that I have is wether anyone has heard of or seen a
Hazeltiine 1421. I haven't been able to find anything on the internet,
but I did find the Hazeltine 1420 manual on vt100.net. Linux doesn't
seem to have an entry for the 1421, but it does have one for the 1420.
Inside the access panel is a switch labelled "1420" and "Other". I have
tried it on "1420", and told Linux that it is a 1420. It is barely
useable. No programs will display properly, things like pico and pine
get really screwed up, not clearing the text from the screen when they
write the next screen, etc, even screen seems to do funny things to it,
sometimes after exiting programs or typing "clear" the prompt appears
in the middle of the screen. I am guessing this is either due to the
termcap or terminfo(what's the difference, I always forget?) entry, the
settings on my terminal, or maybe the programs I am trying to use
aren't meant to deal with a Hazeltine terminal. I would appreciate any
information anyone has on this terminal. Thanks!

Ian Primus
ian_primus_at_yahoo.com
Received on Thu Oct 31 2002 - 19:37:00 GMT

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