dm@Think.COM (dave mankins) (10/31/89)
I'm looking for info about the Encore Hoststation. I think it is a terminal, usable through an RS232 line. Does anyone have information about what escape sequences it uses? A tube that big must have some form of multi-windowing capability --- scrolling regions at least, is this true? Also, I'm looking for a keyboard for it. thanks, david mankins (dm@think.com)
brennan@merk.UUCP (Rich Brennan) (11/10/89)
In article <7588@xenna.Xylogics.COM> loverso@Xylogics.COM (John Robert LoVerso) writes: > >You won't find any more HostStations. They are a long dead product; >the only concentrations of them are at Encore and with the Annex group >at Xylogics. They were the worlds largest vt220. Had their own easily measurable gravitational field. Hey, they were big, but they were slow! > As they die, one by one, we give them a burial at sea. And people are worried about the melting polar caps raising the water levels at the coasts! Tossing a couple of HostStations into the sea should excite some people. >The HostStation has a 19" screen, two/three rs232 ports, and used a >VT220-style keyboard. It also should has its own zipcode (bah dump bump). Rumor has it that one recently fell off a desk in the Santa Cruz, CA. area (bah dump bump). Just kidding, all you alumni of Resolution.... Rich. -- ...!{uunet,linus!alliant}!merk!root Rich Brennan
terryk@pinocchio (Terence Kelleher) (11/10/89)
I use a Hog, er Host Station at home for dial-in work. It is even better than a Bit-graph, in performance, screen size and heat production. Seems like every company I work for has a "terminal we tried to build, but it didn't work out". Too bad someone does not make a 132x60 vt220 that is reliable. The big screen size is wonderfull. The 2 major drawbacks are I need to maintain my own stock of spare power supplies and I need to turn in the electric bill along with the phone bill for reimbursment :-) -- Terry Kelleher, Encore Computer Phone: 607-798-9602 Internet: terryk@encore.encore.com