[ale] Anyone have a source for a dumb terminal?

Neal Rhodes neal at mnopltd.com
Mon May 12 16:02:45 EDT 2014


Sorry, I don't remember.   I do remember Link MC-5 was another brand. 

I do recall ain't nobody ever stole a Wy60 or MC-5 off a loading dock.
That is precisely why you use them.   And  they seemed impervious to
metal dust too. 

On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 19:14 +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Neal,
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> Any idea who that was that did that or if they’re still around?
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> To others that suggested terminal emulation software – my original
> post indicates that was my first suggestion but they don’t want to do
> that because anything good enough to run that might walk away because
> it could run other things as well. 
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Neal Rhodes
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 2:08 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Anyone have a source for a dumb terminal?
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> We used to get refurbished WY60s all the time for $100.   
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> In fact, we could send in a Wy60 for a flat rate repair for $100 as
> long as the tube lit up. 
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> On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 17:53 +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote: 
> 
> Another department just asked me about this and said they are having a
> hard time finding one for less than $500.
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> I suggested they just put in a laptop with terminal emulation but
> apparently this is going to a remote site and they’re afraid something
> like that might disappear.
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> I gather they just need any terminal that would do the old RS232 9600
> baud and run in VT100 mode but I’m not sure what the
> server/application is.
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> Any ideas?
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