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Article #1963Re: Cheap Laptop Terminals
From: David H. Wolfskill
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1988 23:36
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1988 23:36
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In article <237@madnix.UUCP> ray@madnix.UUCP (Ray P. Hill) writes:
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>The quest for a cheap laptop terminal:
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> I'm searching for a cheap 9600 baud laptop terminal for a unix system.
>That implies a 9600 baud serial port, terminal emulation program that supports
>something termcapable, 80x25 char screen and a price not more than $800. Also
>IBM PC compatibility would be a definite plus but not required....
Now, my ideal would be rather more modest: *just* a terminal -- perhaps
with enough room to plug a (decent -- TB+, for example) MODEM in.
Of course, part of the reason for this is my deep-seated prejudice
against Intel chips and IBM PC-type things; more practically, I commute
from one place to another via bicycle. Therefore, I would prefer to
have less to break (it would be difficult to persuade me that of two
otherwise equivalent devices, one of which has some sort of disc drive
and other does not, that the one *with* the disc drive would be more
rugged), have less mass to lug around, and less to pay for.
Of course, others are welcome to their IBM PC compatibility; I just wish
the manufacturers would give those of us who want *less* a chance.
Any takers?
david
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David H. Wolfskill
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ccicpg!felix!dhw68k!david From: david@dhw68k.cts.com (David H. Wolfskill) Newsgroups: comp.terminals,comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.wanted,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Cheap Laptop Terminals Message-ID: <6208@dhw68k.cts.com> Date: 26 Mar 88 23:36:17 GMT References: <237@madnix.UUCP> Reply-To: david@dhw68k.cts.com (David H. Wolfskill) Organization: Wolfskill residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) Lines: 29 Keywords: laptop terminal Summary: How about *just* a terminal?