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Re: decision time (actually HDS terminals)

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From: Jon Forrest
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1987 17:44
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In article <14348@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>, mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Michael Khaw) writes:
> in article <19608@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, matkins@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (Little Birns) says:
> -> 
> 
> For what it's worth we have a mixed bag of HDS200 terminals and their
> predecessors: Concept AVTs and Concept 108s, and I have never seen such
> an unreliable collection of terminals.

I'll drink to this. I've had lots of contact with HDS terminals. They
have features up the wasoo but they break more than any other terminal
I've ever seen.

When I was a system manager I bought C.Itoh terminals and was never
disappointed. They have VT100 and VT200 emulating terminals.

Jon Forrest
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Subject: Re: decision time (actually HDS terminals)
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