jmr@motown.Allied.COM (John M. Ritter) (03/22/89)
I'm looking for comments and experiences, good/bad/indifferent
concerning IBM PS/2 Models 50Z and 60.
We will be purchasing a small quantity of machines for secretarial use.
They will be running Displaywrite 4 and an occasionally rare
spreadsheet application. Terminal emulation and small file transfers will
also be made using (most likely) kermit to our VAX running UNIX System V.
Therefore, a high degree of reliability is required in the COM port.
I've heard varying reports concerning disk drive reliability and speed
and problems with the COM port, and I'm wondering if anyone has had
any experience using either of these machines in a similar environment.
These machines will be running DOS 4.0 (sigh) and will probably do
little (if anything) else than that described above.
I'm also optionally looking for some sort of terminal emulation
hardware/software that will allow a PC (ATs and PS/2s) with a VGA
monitor to access 132 columns by (at least) 24 rows.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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