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From: skum@eng.umd.edu (Allon Stern)
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Subject: Re: Need help purchasing X terminals
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Date: 3 Dec 90 18:35:50 GMT
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In article <7869.275a1951@jetson.uh.edu> hista@jetson.uh.edu writes:
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>	Secondly, we have a quote from Visual Technology for a X-14/ES
>terminal.  Now, if there is anyone out there who might be using this
>or any of the other X series terminal from the same joint, I would 
>appreciate some advice to the effect.
>
>	Thanks in advance.
>Aashish
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Well, if they're the same company that made the Visual 6xx series of
terminals, beware.

The terminals (specifically the 603) are very nice, with nifty features
and very nice displays, but they are also remarkably unreliable.
I have a 603 that I got for free, because it was broken.  I fixed it
and since then, another (unrelated?) problem has shown up.  The
place that I got it from has had many such terminals die on them.
The failures seem to be centered in the power supply/video board.

"Quick, operator! Give me the number for 911"   -- Homer Simpson
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