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Article #1578Best Terminal (GE TermiNet)
From: knudsen
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1986 23:36
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1986 23:36
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For best terminal-with-tech'y-of-the-time, I'll second the ADM-3(a), but for hardcopy the GE TermiNet was way out ahead. 300 or even true 1200 Baud, lower case and all the U**X/C chars, internal horiz & vert tabs, etc. Unforch, it weighed a ton, the keyboard magnetic ferrites often broke (usually the RETURN key and Ctrl-C), and the print-character chain often caught in the edge of the paper and tore, after which you had some characters that didn't print as well. You could use any size paper up to 120 columns. Years later, the Teletype Model 40 copied the concepts. Right now I'm using an HP-2645A, which while physically and feature-wise terribly overdesigned, is a grand old tube. -- Mike J Knudsen ...ihnp4!ihwpt!knudsen Bell Labs (AT&T) (312)-979-4132 (work) You think AT&T cares about CoCos, music, or Star Trek? No? Then, these opinions must be all mine!
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!ihwpt!knudsen From: knudsen@ihwpt.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Best Terminal (GE TermiNet) Message-ID: <1298@ihwpt.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Dec-86 18:36:55 EST Article-I.D.: ihwpt.1298 Posted: Wed Dec 10 18:36:55 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 08:24:23 EST Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 20