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Article #1681Re: Facit ("ideal?") Twist
From: Mats Wichmann
Date: Wed, 06 May 1987 14:37
Date: Wed, 06 May 1987 14:37
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In article <825@f103a.UUCP> love@f103a.UUCP (Love Feuer) writes: >I'm working with a Facit Twist terminal, that at a first glare may look >like any other terminal on the market. >But you may actually twist the terminal screen and get 72*80 characters ... ... ... > sold by Ericson, that took over the Facit Corp. a few yers ago, and > Ericson is a multinational thing. But I still haven't seen the Twist > terminal in any other country than my own (== Sweden). > Was available from Facit in the U.S. two or more years ago - I have one and it is at the top of the list among my "favorite" terminals. Most everyone I have shown it to hates the keyboard (which I love), because it has less key travel than most available in the US (but I think it is in line with the rather stringent German standards, or so I was told by the Facit salesman). It is my understanding that the terminal was actually designed as a joint effort between Facit and Datamedia, and is (was) available from Datamedia (if they still exist). This is the ONLY terminal (as opposed to bit-mapped display) that I have worked with that can comfortably be used in inverse video, especially with the white phosphor (in other words, black letters on white background). /mats wichmann, Fortune Systems (Berkeley)
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From: mats@forbrk.UUCP (Mats Wichmann)
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Subject: Re: Facit ("ideal?") Twist
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Date: Wed, 6-May-87 10:37:02 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 6 10:37:02 1987
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