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From: jmr@motown.UUCP (John M. Ritter)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Searching for the "ideal" terminal
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Date: Fri, 1-May-87 14:27:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  1 14:27:04 1987
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We're looking for the "perfect" terminal for Unix applications and
programming. Everybody seems to be making standard 24 x 80 character
screens, however I'm looking for something different...

Our current terminals display 24 lines by either 80 or 132 characters,
and are VT100 look-alikes. This is fine for just about everything, but
it would be nice to have a screen where I can see and entire (?)
function at one time!

The Ann Arbor Ambassador terminals have all of the features for which
I'm looking, except for one little problem -- unless I can be
convinced this isn't a problem:

The terminal is *always* in "normal" mode. That is, you must send it
codes to get high intensity. What I need is a terminal that is
*always* high intensity (forget video brightness!). I know that you
can send a code to the AAA to do this, but it is only temporary. After
the first escape to the shell from vi, it's all lost.

I'm willing to research any vendor. Only *real* needs are:

	* VT100 look-alike
	* 60 rows or better display
	* 80 column (132 will not be refused!)
	* function keys - preferably programmable

Any suggestions will be appreciated!
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