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From: hoffman%pitt@CSNET-RELAY.arpa (Bob Hoffman)
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Subject: Re: update on **real** 19200 CRT
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Date: Wed, 13-Aug-86 15:18:34 EDT
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I am just coming into this discussion, so this may have already been
mentioned.  Last year, I bought a Micro-Term Ergo 4000 terminal for $595
from the Micro-Term factory in Missouri.  My main criterion for purchasing
a terminal was that it must do 19200 without any handshaking.  The Ergo
4000 does this, at least for straight text output.  I have not tried using
complicated escape sequences -- they may cause the terminal to slow down.
Some features of this terminal:

	66 line x 80 char vertically-oriented screen
	about 95% VT100 emulation -- does not have scrolling regions or
				     smooth scroll
	~16 user-loadable function keys
	screen saver

I like this terminal -- it does everything I require.  It's fast, cheap, and
the 66 line screen is nice for multiple Emacs windows.  I verified the speed
and lack of need for handshaking with my LSI-11/73 computer and an
oscilloscope, watching the received data line for xon or xoff, and saw
nothing.  Similarly, I verified that the 11/73 was sending out characters
without delay -- fully 1920 char/sec.  I understand this terminal has been
superceded by a new one called Twist, which apparently lets you lay the
screen on its side, where you can use it as an 80x24 (132x24?) terminal.
I have no other information on it.
--
Bob Hoffman, N3CVL       {allegra, bellcore, cadre, idis, psuvax1}!pitt!hoffman
Pitt Computer Science    hoffman%pitt@csnet-relay