Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cwjcc!ncoast!fmsystm!macy From: macy@fmsystm.UUCP (Macy Hallock) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Using Wyse-150 Terminals ?? Keywords: unix xenix wyse vp/ix 150 Message-ID: <16@fmsystm.UUCP> Date: 8 Jan 90 17:37:18 GMT References: <2210@wb3ffv.ampr.org> <2546@thebes.Thalatta.COM> Reply-To: macy@fmsystm.UUCP (Macy Hallock) Organization: F M Systems Inc. Medina, Ohio USA Lines: 37 In article <2546@thebes.Thalatta.COM> campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell) writes: >In article <2210@wb3ffv.ampr.org> howardl@wb3ffv.ampr.org ( WB3FFV) writes: [...discussion of WY-150 terminals and use of Link MC-5 terminals as a better alternative ommitted...] We used WY-60 terminals here and tried the Link MC-3 as well. Neither terminal was perfect... The primary problem with the WY-60 was reliability. That's why we are reluctant to commit to the WY-150, which seems to run OK. The Link MC-3 had a couple of problems of its own: - no 101 key style AT keyboard, just a RT style 101 keyboard with the functions keys in groups of file at the top, rather than in groups of four like AT 101 style. Our users bitched a fit about this. Not bad once you get used to it, though. - a tendency to lose the setup info stored in NVRAM. We originally thought this to be static related, but its not. This is our most serious technical problem. The MC-3 has a three year warranty, which was reassuring to us after the WY-60 problems. We haven't yet had to send back a Link MC-3 for repair except for the setup loss problem mentioned above. We still have no solution for this problem, even though its very intermittent and you can go months with no problems and then... We have not tried the MC-5 yet, but we are thinking about it. It does not have a three year warranty, though :( Anyone know anything more about the MC-3 problem here? Macy M. Hallock, Jr. macy@NCoast.ORG uunet!aablue!fmsystm!macy F M Systems, Inc. {uunet!backbone}!cwjcc.cwru.edu!ncoast!fmsystm!macy 150 Highland Drive Voice: +1 216 723-3000 Ext 251 Fax: +1 216 723-3223 Medina, Ohio 44256 USA Cleveland:273-3000 Akron:239-4994 (Dial 251 at tone) (Insert favorite disclaimer here) (What if I gave a .sig and nobody cared?)