Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!mordor!sri-spam!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!husc6!necntc!encore!linus!philabs!micomvax!musocs!mcgill-vision!mouse From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: Best Terminal Contest Message-ID: <574@mcgill-vision.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Dec-86 03:15:24 EST Article-I.D.: mcgill-v.574 Posted: Sat Dec 13 03:15:24 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 01:49:55 EST References: <1438@kitty.UUCP> <2516@phri.UUCP> <511@twitch.UUCP> <698@cooper.UUCP> Organization: McGill University, Montreal Lines: 23 Best terminal? Probably a TeleVideo 950. One of the old ones, with gray phosphor and the barely-sculpted keys. Intelligent enough to run fast (insert/delete line/character), not so intelligent it breaks every month. The most reliable keyboard I've seen (most of our terminals are TVI950s and out of all the failures I've seen I don't think *one* has been the keyboard). The only keyclick I've heard that *sounds* right (not too (VT52), not too chirpy (Sun3), etc). No tactile keyboard "click". An all-around winner. Second choice would be a Sun-3 (not a Sun-2, the keyboard doesn't measure up). Smarts to beat the band. Big screen (I'm running on a 55x142 "terminal" now). Fast (no serial line "baud rate" to slow it down). *Completely* soft keyboard (no more "but backslash belongs over *here*!" gripes). Good feel. Regrettably, poor keyclick. der Mouse USA: {ihnp4,decvax,akgua,utzoo,etc}!utcsri!mcgill-vision!mouse think!mosart!mcgill-vision!mouse Europe: mcvax!decvax!utcsri!mcgill-vision!mouse ARPAnet: think!mosart!mcgill-vision!mouse@harvard.harvard.edu [USA NSA food: terrorist, cryptography, DES, drugs, CIA, secret, decode]