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From: murphy@pur-phy (William J. Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Seeking terminal advice
Message-ID: <1022@pur-phy>
Date: 16 Mar 88 00:47:16 GMT
Reply-To: murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (William J. Murphy)
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Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., W. Lafayette, IN
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I was just told today that we ought to look into buying a terminal
for the line into the departmental computers.  We used to use a 
Regent20 terminal, but since our lab aquired a Zenith 386, I hooked the
serial port to the Unix line and now  run kermit 2.29c under the vt102
and Tek4010 emulation modes.  You say, "what a waste of a 386."  I agree.
but the ZCM-1490 monitor provides no eyestrain, and I love color.
We are primarily running a PC-developed number-crunching simulation
on a University minisupercomputer
and need the use of graphics facilities on it rather than the PC.  For
a short term solution we will borrow a VISUAL 550 from another group,
but for a long term we need to replace the Regent 20 with something with
Tektronix 4010/4014 emulation.  Now my questions. . .

1.  The VISUAL 550 emulates VT52 VT100 and VT300 modes.  Will it allow
    us to plot graphics to the screen using the UNIX function 
    graph < datafile | plot -terminal_type?  (Don't flame me on this)

2.  What advantages do Netlanders see in purchasing an inexpensive PC
    clone and running kermit with an EGA monitor versus buying a 
    terminal with a Tek mode?
 
3.  I have info about the Wyse 99GT terminal.  Is it any good? It does
    have vt220 and Tek4010/4014 modes, amber screen, PC connectibility,
    and a price tag of $550. Has anyone used this both on maniframes &
    micros?

4.  What are some other terminals which have Tek4010/4014 emulation
    vt100+ modes and are resonably priced?

Please e-mail responses to me, I hate to increase the bandwidth of the 
Usenet.
William J. Murphy
murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu