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Article #2374Re: WYSE-60 terminals die young...
From: Norman Kohn
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1989 05:56
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1989 05:56
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In article <665@tcsc3b2.UUCP> pag@tcsc3b2.UUCP (Philip A. Gross) writes: >... We finally 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. Sounds like the fancy new electronic typewriter that I just threw away when it went dead... cost to fix is similar (hard to spend less these days to get a piece of equipment onto someone's bench) but the replacement costs little more. I find that the whine on the wy-60 comes and goes if you push/pull on the serial connector on the back. -- Norman Kohn | ...ddsw1!nvk!norman Chicago, Il. | days/ans svc: (312) 650-6840 | eves: (312) 373-0564
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!gatech!mcdchg!ddsw1!nvk From: nvk@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Norman Kohn) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: WYSE-60 terminals die young... Message-ID: <3176@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 26 Mar 89 05:56:47 GMT References: <653@iex.UUCP> <5960005@hpfcdc.HP.COM> <3141@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <665@tcsc3b2.UUCP> Reply-To: nvk@ddsw1.UUCP (Norman Kohn) Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM, Mundelein, IL Lines: 22