kmcmilla@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Ken McMillan) (10/15/87)
I have been asked to look into the wyse wy85 and dec vt220 terminals for our site. I know very little about either. I would appreciate any info (coments,prices,problems,etc.) that you might have. Sorry if this has been covered before, if it has could someone mail me the summary. As always Thanks in advance. kmcmilla@ub.d.umn.edu Ken McMillan Information Services; University of Minnesota-Duluth 10 Universtiy Drive 143 MWAH Duluth, MN 55812 (218)726-7600
jbs@eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) (10/15/87)
In article <70@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> kmcmilla@ub.d.umn.edu (Ken McMillan) writes: > >I have been asked to look into the wyse wy85 and dec vt220 >terminals for our site. I know very little about either. >I would appreciate any info (coments,prices,problems,etc.) No hard data, just observations: The vt220 is more expensive and has a superior display. The Wyse-85 has a superior keyboard, user-programable function keys, processes incomming characters (slightly) more rapidly, has a tilt-swivel display base, and a slightly-expanded command set (erase X characters from cursor, etc). Jeff Siegal
brian@scgvaxd.UUCP (Brian Zill) (10/20/87)
In article <7176@eddie.MIT.EDU> jbs@eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) writes: >In article <70@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> kmcmilla@ub.d.umn.edu (Ken McMillan) writes: >>I have been asked to look into the wyse wy85 and dec vt220 >>I would appreciate any info (coments,prices,problems,etc.) > >The vt220 is more expensive and has a superior display. > >The Wyse-85 has a superior keyboard, user-programable function keys, >processes incomming characters (slightly) more rapidly, has a >tilt-swivel display base, and a slightly-expanded command set (erase >X characters from cursor, etc). DEC just recently announced the vt320 which is superior to and *CHEAPER* than the vt220. The most important difference is that the new one has a higher resolution display (with larger character cell size, I believe it is 12x15 while the 220 was 9x7 or something) and thus is easier on your eyes. It also has several of these "extra-goodies" that other terminal manufactors have added to their vt220 clones, although they may be a different set of "extra-goodies" than the Wyse-85 provides. I've never seen the Wyse, so I can't comment, I just wanted to say it is pointless to look at vt220s anymore. However, I hear DEC will still cheerfully sell you a vt220 for significantly more than a vt320 if you *really* want one :-) --Brian