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From: lyndon@ncc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Comments Solicited on Wyse Terminals
Message-ID: <1344@ncc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Feb-87 13:49:17 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 27 13:49:17 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 2-Mar-87 06:24:42 EST
References: <2297@felix.UUCP> <14850@amdcad.UUCP>
Organization: Nexus Computing Corp.,  Edmonton, AB
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In article <14850@amdcad.UUCP>, phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
> [...]
> Wyse is ok, except they never read the part of the RS-232 spec which
> says DTE (data terminal equipment) shall use a male DB-25 connector. 

Sure they did! There's a male connector on every terminal :-)

One minor gripe is the layout and use of the function keys (I'm talking
WY-85 here). It provides the four standard PF keys over the numberic
pad, plus another 20 (?) function keys along the top of the keyboard.
Unfortunately, the default configuration uses F1-F5 for useful things
such as BLOCK SEND, RESET, etc... They can be reprogrammed, however my
termcap entry for this terminal is getting rather huge. Same applies
to F11-F15 (? - The third group from the left). This is where you find
goddies like ESC, LF, BS, and others. Again, they can be reprogrammed,
but the lack of an ESC key in the "proper" location makes life frustrating
sometimes (i.e there isn't anyplace convenient to move the ESC key to).

And I'm even getting used to the damn <> keys!

All in all though, I am quite pleased with them. I run a 400' unshielded
serial cable to mine at 19.2K without handshaking of any sort, and have
yet to be hit by line noise or buffer overflow.

-- 
Lyndon Nerenberg - Nexus Computing Corp. - lyndon@ncc.UUCP
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