nathan@orstcs.UUCP (02/16/84)
buy a Wyse 50 for $700. 132 columns; keyboard feels good, arranged correctly.
john@genrad.UUCP (John Nelson) (02/23/84)
Not only do the VT220 series terminals also put the ESC, BS etc keys above the number row, but they are only there in vt100 emulation mode! In "normal" vt220 mode, these keys generate brain-damaged escape sequences. The closest thing to a escape key in this mode is either CONTROL-3 (yes, control-key three!) or CONTROL-[ I hope I never have to use one of these things. DEC is reportedly phasing out the VT100 series terminals, also. Does anyone know of a good replacement terminal?
Seiler@MIT-XX.ARPA (02/28/84)
From: Larry Seiler <Seiler@MIT-XX.ARPA> Based on my experience with DEC (partly as an employee), it's incorrect to say that DEC is phasing out the VT-100. More precisely, DEC is expecting its customers to phase out the VT-100 by buying the (cheaper) VT-220. DEC can't lower the price of the VT-100 to match - it costs more to produce. But so long as people keep buying the VT-100, you can expect DEC to keep making it - that's how they do business. Larry Seiler Seiler@MIT-XX -------