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From: silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: NEC 8501 as terminal
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Date: 15 Jan 90 14:07:50 GMT
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In article <1744@rodan.acs.syr.edu> pullin@suhep.phy.syr.edu (Pullin) writes:
>A mail order company is offering the NEC 8401 at $179.  A supertwist version 
>(NEC 8501) goes for $ 199. These are Z80 based CP/M machines with no disk drive
>so they don't seem very useful as computers, but however they come with a 
>built in modem and a telecommunications program, so I thought they could be
>a good buy to use as a mainframe terminal, and the price is very attractive.
>
>Has anyone out there some experience with these machines used as terminals?
>I am especially interested in knowing if the built in telcom program can
>have the keyboard configured as to emulate, say a VT100 terminal.

If I am not mistaken, this is very similar to the Radio Shack model 100.
If so, they work fine as a terminal, but not as a VT100, since the
screen is smaller.  The m100 has 8 lines of 40 characters.  I often use
mine as a terminal when I travel, but not for programs that expect a
full-sized screen.

If you get one, I can send you the termcap entry.


-- 
Bill Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada B2Y 4A2
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