Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!jbs From: jbs@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: Good Fast VT-100 compatable Message-ID: <4324@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU> Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 21:35:20 EST Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.4324 Posted: Wed Dec 17 21:35:20 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 05:10:43 EST References: <83@rdlvax.UUCP> <1825@ncoast.UUCP> Reply-To: jbs@eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal Distribution: world Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA Lines: 27 In article <1825@ncoast.UUCP> wb8foz@ncoast.UUCP (David Lesher) writes: >> Article <83@rdlvax.UUCP> From: salzman@rdlvax.UUCP (Gumby) ># I'm looking for a real good VT-100 (or VT-220) compatable terminal with ># some of the following features: ># ># - Fast enough to keep up with GNU Emacs at 9600 or 19.2K baud ># without ^S/^Q. >I did extensive tests a couple years ago on a number of "fast" >terminals. Surprise! the ONLY one that came close to keeping >up @ 9600 was a TEK (ithink model#) 4051, a megadollar graphics >tube. Forget 19.2. All the rest were swamped when run without XON/ >XOF.[...] This is simply not true. I've used many vt100 compatibles and found that with today's technology, 9600 baud simply isn't that much of a big deal. My suggestion is the Wyse 85. It is pretty cheap (about $500, I think) and it runs just fine at 19,200 baud. I never did extensive testing, but for Emacs or the like no flow control is needed. Even turning on the mode line (which you need to show shift-lock, etc.) doesn't seem to slow it down. If you're happy with 9600 baud (without flow control), just about any of the vt220 compatibles will do (including the vt220 itself, which will also keep up at 19,200 as long as you don't do much scrolling). Jeff Siegal