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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: spiffy terminals (was: printf, data presentation)
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Date: 7 Jan 89 10:11:12 GMT
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <BRUCE.89Jan6093706@blue.gwd.tek.com> bruce@blue.gwd.tek.com (Bruce Robertson) writes:
>Please explain how a $2K model 630 is so much better than a $350
>Wyse-50 for someone doing, say, database entry all day.  Another
>example: factory floor diagnostics, which can benefit from screen
>manipulation, but don't really gain anything from graphics.

You're misleading yourself by concentrating on the bitmap graphics
aspect of the 630.  Much more relevant are the following:
	1.  ability to work on several tasks concurrently on the
	    same terminal
	2.  ability to quickly cut-and-paste edit text, including
	    output already on the display, and send it as though
	    typed in
	3.  ability to capture a screen image into a separate local
	    copy of the window
	4.  variety of fonts (especially large character sizes)
	5.  large display size (lots of text visible at once)
The 630 has other spiffy features, but these should suffice.  If
you don't think your users would benefit, let one of them use
a 630 for a while then see how he responds to the idea of reverting
to his old Wyse 50.