Aucbvax.6472
fa.info-terms
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-terms
Sun Mar 14 22:22:51 1982
Re: ampex dialog 80/81
>From mo@LBL-UNIX Tue Mar  9 03:33:14 1982
When the Dialog was first being introduced, the Ampex people left
one around LBL for a week or so. I used it a bit and my general
impressions were somewhat mixed.  It seemed to be quite easy
to get the terminal into odd catatonic states if you get garbage
embedded in an escape string.  I did a termcap entry for VI and it
worked adequately.  I didn't like the keyboard feel or layout
on our unit.  After I complained, they said they would rethink it.
Maybe they have, I haven't seen one hands-on since.  I still think
the Z-19 is a big win in that price range (~$750), so why make life
hard?  The Dialog does have a detatchable keyboard, a plus over the 
Z-19 however.  The Dialog does have some video attribute things, but
I think is suffers the magic cookie problem like many cheap terminals.

	-Mike