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From: avr@mordred.cs.purdue.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Brain-damaged Terminal Contest
Message-ID: <1204@mordred.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: Fri, 21-Nov-86 04:03:03 EST
Article-I.D.: mordred.1204
Posted: Fri Nov 21 04:03:03 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 23-Nov-86 02:02:37 EST
References: <1438@kitty.UUCP> <1140@mordred.cs.purdue.edu> <435@twitch.UUCP>
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University
Lines: 32
Keywords: brain-damage, video display terminals, all-time worst
Summary: grumble

In article <435@twitch.UUCP>, guido@twitch.UUCP ( G.Bertocci) writes:
> In article <1140@mordred.cs.purdue.edu>, avr@mordred.cs.purdue.edu (Andrew V. Royappa) writes:
> 
> > 	Don't know about Most brain-damaged, but the BLIT (dmd 5620, AKA
> > Bell Labs Intelligent Terminal (I think) -- it should stand for BLAT --
> > Bell Labs Annoying Terminal). I'm on a BLAT right now, and some of it's
> > "features" are:
.....
> 
> I'm afraid that I must disagree.  I use a dmd 5620 everyday and I
> feel that it is by far the best terminal I have ever used.  I suspect
> that you are missing a great quantity of software which unfortunately
> I can't provide, but maybe someone else can.  
> The features I like are:
....
> -- 
> Guido Bertocci			...!ihnp4!houxm!twitch!guido
> AT&T Bell Labs
> Holmdel, NJ


	Oh, I was too harsh. It's a good terminal, but just has these few
infuriating quirks. People have pointed out to me that we might not have
the latest version of ROM in it.

	We do, indeed, have layers, but I don't use it (I use suntools/sunwindows
on a Sun). 

	That'll teach me to be frivolous .. but thanks to the people who
had suggestions about fixing my 5620's problems.

				Andrew Royappa