MACALLSTR@vax1.physics.oxford.ac.UK (12/01/87)
We've recently been looking at FALCO terminals, in particular the
FALCO 5220e terminal, which for an unbelievably low price gives you:-
VT220
Tektronix 4014 graphics
up to six windows
( up to three RS232 ports, which we don't need as we have Ethernet terminal
servers , but others may use them )
plus ( in terminal firmware )
a -pop up- calculator
and
a -pop up- calendar
If anybody has direct experience of these terminals I'd very much be interssted
in any comments ( positive/negative/informational ) which might help us in
making our decision on whether to purchase.
Thanks in advance,
Johnsdejarne@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) (12/02/87)
In article <8712010356.AA08310@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> MACALLSTR@vax1.physics.oxford.ac.UK writes: >We've recently been looking at FALCO terminals, in particular the > FALCO 5220e terminal, which for an unbelievably low price gives you:- [ Much stuff about what it has deleted] >Thanks in advance, > John We got some at the company I worked for over the summer just before I left. As I recall, the people who got them on their desks thought they were great (once they figured out how to use them). You can (as I recall) have multiple sessions going to multiple hosts simultaneously (in different windows whose size you can define). They also had different font size so that you could have a window that took up 1/4 of the screen and still get 80 characters in it (I think). I only used one once, but its VT-220 emulation seemed pretty good to me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Steve DeJarnett | ...!ihnp4!csun!polyslo!sdejarne | | Computer Systems Lab | ...!{csustan,csun,sdsu}!polyslo!sdejarne | | Cal Poly State Univ | ...!ucbvax!voder!polyslo!sdejarne | | San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <std_disclaimer.h>