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From: jbs@eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: wyse y85  vs.  dec vt220 (?)
Message-ID: <7176@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 15-Oct-87 14:17:55 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 15 14:17:55 1987
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Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA
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In article <70@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> kmcmilla@ub.d.umn.edu (Ken McMillan) writes:
>
>I have been asked to look into the wyse wy85 and dec vt220
>terminals for our site. I know very little about either.
>I would appreciate any info (coments,prices,problems,etc.)

No hard data, just observations:

The vt220 is more expensive and has a superior display.

The Wyse-85 has a superior keyboard, user-programable function keys,
processes incomming characters (slightly) more rapidly, has a
tilt-swivel display base, and a slightly-expanded command set (erase
X characters from cursor, etc).

Jeff Siegal