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From: larry@jc3b21.UUCP (Lawrence F. Strickland)
Newsgroups: net.info-terms,net.internat
Subject: Re: In search of a sane keyboard standard
Message-ID: <359@jc3b21.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-May-86 11:22:14 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 13 11:22:14 1986
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Summary: WY-85 terminal, a few more thoughts

In article <1884@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU>, barmar@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Barry Margolin) writes:
> In article <824@cyb-eng.UUCP> lee@cyb-eng.UUCP (Bill Lee) writes:
> >I just had the misfortune of ordering a Wyse 85 terminal (the
> >one that does VT220 emulation). Since I was familiar with the WY-50 and
> >the WY-75, I assumed I was safe ordering a WY-85 sight unseen. Big
> >mistake. The keyboard is a complete mess.
.... most of article(s) elided ...
>     Barry Margolin

I just ordered 10 Wyse 85 terminals, but first had a chance to view them.
We ordered them despite the mucked-up keyboard and something that no one
else has mentioned, a character font that is on the sickly side.  Despite
the obvious problems (I feel the <> key is the worst, but there are other
opinions), the WYSE 85 is still an excellent low-priced terminal!  It has
been my experience over the years that people get used to using a particular
type of keyboard and that becomes THEIR standard (despite ANSI).

The $40 programmer's manual is my biggest objection to the Wyse terminal.
Not that it is not included, but rather that it is:  (a) too expensive,
(b) hard to obtain, (c) not terribly well written, and (d) a long, long,
time in finally arriving.  I feel that Wyse should have AT LEAST included
a decent table of programming functions in their standard manual (the one
that is in their is worse than the keyboard)!  Despite all this, I would
like to stand up for the Wyse 85 as being a useful tool!



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