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From: axp@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Brian Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: WYSE-60 terminals die young...
Message-ID: <2038@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 25 Mar 89 15:11:33 GMT
References: <653@iex.UUCP> <5960005@hpfcdc.HP.COM> <3141@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <665@tcsc3b2.UUCP>
Reply-To: axp@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Brian Moore)
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In article <665@tcsc3b2.UUCP> pag@tcsc3b2.UUCP (Philip A. Gross) writes:
   [stuff deleted]
>..talked to a service manager at Wyse Tech. and we were informed that a
>part (I believe the flyback transformer) has a rated life of approx.
>14000 hours.  Thus after a little more than a year of continuous 
>operation, one could expect the terminal to stop working.  He suggested
>that when possible, the users should turn their terminal off at the end
>of a day.  This would effectively extend the life of the terminal to over
>two years.

Is this the old model Wyse-60s or the new ones?  From what I understand,
Wyse Tech. redesigned this terminal in mid-1987, correct me if I am wrong.

How easy is this part to replace for someone with few technical skills?
Or, is there some way to prevent this from happening?  Certainly, a terminal
should last more than one or two years. 

Thanks,
Brian Moore
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