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From: jdb@mordor.UUCP (John Bruner)
Newsgroups: net.info-terms
Subject: Re: CIT-500 Another full-page terminal...
Message-ID: <133@mordor.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Oct-83 16:11:38 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 27 16:11:38 1983
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Organization: S-1 Project, LLNL
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I'm using two Ann Arbor terminals, an Ambassador and a Guru, side
by side.  I've been very happy with the Ambassador in 60-line mode
although when my eyes get really tired I sometimes will switch to
30 lines.  It also seems to be very susceptible to RFI and static.
I'm using the Guru on a trial basis and I must say it has been a
disappointment.  The screen is (physically) the same size as on
the Ambassador but in 60-line mode the characters are shorter and
harder to read.  (They also are "fat", they appear to be about
right when I set it to 60 lines and 97 columns.)  I cannot use it
in 60-line mode for any period of time without my eyes bothering me.

I've also noticed that (at least on this particular terminal) the
Guru requires longer screen-erase delays than the Ambassador for
identical screen sizes (e.g. 60X80).  I programmed the power-up
string to preset some function keys on both terminals; the Ambassador
works well but the Guru seems to skip about half of the presets.

My overall impression is that the Guru isn't worth the extra money
unless you *really* need the extra lines or columns (the Guru will
display up to 178 columns and can be configured to "scroll"
horizontally up to 255 columns).

	John Bruner
	S-1 Project/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory