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From: bdale@winfree.UUCP
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Subject: Re: update on **real** 19200 CRT
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Date: Sun, 13-Jul-86 09:55:27 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 13 09:55:27 1986
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In article <109@vixie.UUCP> paul@vixie.UUCP (Paul Vixie Esq) writes:
>...The unoffical
>tally shows the Wyse 50 in the lead, closely followed by a Televideo 950.  The
>950's keyboard removes it from serious consideration, but I'm looking into the
>Wyse.
>		Paul Vixie
>		{fortune,qantel}!vixie!paul

Paul -- Stay away from the Wyse-50.  I bought about a half dozen at my former
job, and loved them dearly (especially the keyboards!) until I started running
Emacs on them... then I found out the hitch.  The Wyse-50 emulates the 
Televideo and similar terminals, and eats a screen location every time it
changes attribute modes on the screen.  So, for example, an emacs mode line
done in inverse video will get horribly trashed as time goes on... rewriting
the screen with sort of fix it, but you LOSE a location on the screen (it
shows up as a blank) every time you change from normal to inverse to whatever.

Wyse makes another terminal called the Wyse-75.  I've not used one yet (just
moved from Pittsburgh to Colorado Springs and am still getting settled), but
it is supposedly fully VT100 compatible and has the same glorious keyboard as
the 50.  Don't have any idea if it will do 19,200... but I ran all the 50's
at that speed.  Find a local sales rep who will give you one to demo for a
couple days.  And let me know what you think.  Sounds like it could be a
winner.

Bdale
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