From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!djb
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re: aed512 termcap
Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2607
Posted: Wed Sep  8 13:49:50 1982
Received: Thu Sep  9 05:36:04 1982
References: sri-unix.3115

Based on my experience, the problem with the AED-512 as an alpha
terminal is not so much it's lack of spiffy alpha-terminal features
(smart cursor manipulation, etc) as the absolutely intolerable
brain-damaged keyboard that is guaranteed to drive any programmer/typist 
insane in less than 60 seconds.  Masochists love it, everyone else reaches
for their Sledge-O-Matic.  Couple that with the abnormally short line
(around 60 characters) and you get an arrangement that ranks right up
with video tapes of Howard Cosell as all-time great torture devices.

						David Bryant
						 cbosg!djb

ps:  As a graphics terminal, it's somewhat better, but it still has
     more than it's share of flakes.  Flickers like a banshee, has
     the best glare-screen in the business (GLARES like you wouldn't
     believe), and much more. But that's a separate story.