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From: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: when using termcap, get it right!
Message-ID: <467@nitrex.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 31-May-87 21:40:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: nitrex.467
Posted: Sun May 31 21:40:44 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jun-87 05:19:12 EDT
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Reply-To: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
Organization: The Standard Oil Co., Cleveland
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In article <16906@amdcad.AMD.COM> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
>
>Speaking of terminals, I note that PC clones with floppy only drives,
>monitor, and DOS can be gotten in the $600 range, which is less than
>we pay for DEC VT-220s. Are there any places which are buying PCs and
>using them as simple terminals? How does it work out? Wouldn't you be
>subject to the bozos who say "what a lousy computer you bought" when
>it was only intended to be a terminal? 

And a Macintosh with a couple of terminal emulation programs beats the
cost of any ONE of them, nonetheless ALL of them.  We could not get
a decent hardcopy off a VT241 (colors all print in black on an LA50).
A Mac with terminal emulation (White River's MAC240(TM)) mapped the
colors to patterns and the job rolled on!  Ditto for a variety of
Tek 401X and other Tek emulations.  And, of course, a variety of DEC
emulations thrown in, too.

Funny, the boss thinks it's great.  After seeing what the Mac could do,
he now even asks for project plans "using that Macintosh" (and MacProject).

Disclaimer:  Only the workers take the Mac seriously.  This is definitely
NOT an endorsement of any product, just a comment on what's goin' on.

Rob Lake
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