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From: klg@njsmu.UUCP (Kenneth Goodwin)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Looking for a full-featured terminal
Summary: TVI955 correction
Message-ID: <455@njsmu.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jul 88 17:53:18 GMT
References: <758@lakesys.UUCP> <3249@encore.UUCP> <3241@palo-alto.DEC.COM>
Organization: NJ State Medical Underwriters, Lawrenceville
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In article <3241@palo-alto.DEC.COM>, vixie@palo-alto.DEC.COM (Paul Vixie) writes:
> In article <3249@encore.UUCP> loverso@encore.UUCP (John Robert LoVerso) writes:
> # The newer Televideos are also nice, but the lastest models I've seen
> # (905, 955) still inflict the user with magic cookie characters for
> # screen attributes.  I can't believe that they add all that ugliness
> # just to save a few $$ on static rams.  I won't ever buy (another)
> # Televideo as long as they use magic cookies.
> 

We have over 30 TVI 955 terminals, they have a SETUP feature
that allows you to use OR NOT use magic cookie mode. That is,
screen attributes can be stored in onscreen ram or
parallel offscreen ram, so you can have it any way you want.
We have had them for over two years and are reasonably happy with them
We have had Hazeltine 1500 series, Esprit series , perkin elmer terminals
and of all of them, the TVI 955 are by far the best.
The only complaint has been a few baby dead terminals, plus
ROM BUGS. We may persue obtaining updated versions of the ROMS
when we buy our next set of TVI 955's.

We are also considering purchasing Visual Technology 630 and 640 X system
model terminals, any comments on these?

Ken Goodwin
NJ State Medical Underwriters, Inc.