[net.general] Televideo 925 terminal

mccluske (07/16/82)

Does anyone have any experience with the Televideo 925?
Is it good value for the money?
Does it work well with sophisticated editors such as Emacs?

white (07/19/82)

Date: 19 July 1982 10:07-EST
In-Real-Life: Bill White at Lindley 315M
Origin: IUCS

We use the 925 here at IU.  There is a problem with screen updates with
(Gosling's) Emacs.  The update algorithm seems to insert long strings
of characters to the right of the dot (so that the cursor stays at the
same spot on the screen, and the end of the line slithers toward the
right.)  The 925 needs a whole lot of delay time for character
insertion, and the terminal gets confused fairly regularly.  (I suppose
that some careful tinkering with termcap entries would fix most of the
trouble.)

The guys in the hardware lab say that it's very reliable.