root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) (10/23/89)
Is there anyone who has first hand experience with the Wyse-150 terminal? I was told by a technician at Wyse that it is fully compatible with the Wyse-60 terminal with the exception of the box drawing characters; he indicated that it had "hidden attributes" like the Wyse-60. The Wyse-150 literature doesn't mention the hidden attributes. This capability seems critical for use on UNIX systems. The cost of the Wyse-150 is significantly less than the Wyse-60. That usually means less functionality. How useful will it's PC compatibility be under Xenix? Larry Dighera -- USPS: The Consultants' Exchange, PO Box 12100, Santa Ana, CA 92712 TELE: (714) 842-6348: BBS (N81); (714) 842-5851: Xenix guest account (E71) UUCP: conexch Any ACU 2400 17148425851 ogin:-""-ogin:-""-ogin: nuucp UUCP: ...!uunet!spsd!conexch!root || ...!ccicpg!conexch!root
bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey) (10/25/89)
In article <39400@conexch.UUCP> root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) writes: >Is there anyone who has first hand experience with the Wyse-150 terminal? >I was told by a technician at Wyse that it is fully compatible with >the Wyse-60 terminal with the exception of the box drawing characters; >he indicated that it had "hidden attributes" like the Wyse-60. The >Wyse-150 literature doesn't mention the hidden attributes. This >capability seems critical for use on UNIX systems. The cost of the Wyse-150 >is significantly less than the Wyse-60. That usually means less >functionality. How useful will it's PC compatibility be under Xenix? We have several Wyse 150's inhouse (replacing Wyse 60's). So far, we have experienced no problems. We are using them in native mode and still using the Wyse 60 termcaps. We are running WordPerfect Office, WordPerfect, SCO Professional, FoxBase 2.1+, RealWorld, and a whole slew of other things. Have experienced no problem to date (About 2 months now). The Wyse 150's are about 70% compatible according to Wyse tech support. What commands they have are identical to the Wyse 60, they just don't have all the extra commands. Hope this helps. .... consult!bob .... -- .. Computer Consulting Service .. Bob Willey .. .. P.O. Drawer 1690 .. uunet!consult!bob .. .. Easton, Maryland 21601 .. (301) 820-4670 .. ...............................................................
fr@icdi10.UUCP (Fred Rump from home) (10/28/89)
In article <39400@conexch.UUCP> root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) writes: >Is there anyone who has first hand experience with the Wyse-150 terminal? [deleted stuff] >capability seems critical for use on UNIX systems. The cost of the Wyse-150 >is significantly less than the Wyse-60. That usually means less >functionality. How useful will it's PC compatibility be under Xenix? We've used the 150 in all flavors of colors since they came out. Our favorite terminal had been the wy60. The lower price question had us a bit sceptical too, but they work fine under wy60 termcaps and all is well. A very nice feature we've gotten used to is running local printers off the parallel port in the back in transparent mode using Corollaries. Nice! Fred Rump -- This is my house. My castle will get started right after I finish with news. 26 Warren St. uucp: ...{bpa dsinc uunet}!cdin-1!icdi10!fr Beverly, NJ 08010 domain: fred@cdin-1.uu.net or icdi10!fr@cdin-1.uu.net 609-386-6846 "Freude... Alle Menschen werden Brueder..." - Schiller