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

[Boris Borisov]

There is a lot offerings on eBay refurbished ofcource.
On May 12, 2014 4:31 PM, "Beddingfield, Allen" <allen at ua.edu> wrote:

> A cheaper and not-worth-stealing option may also be a thin client.  I know
> we bought some of the base-model thin clients from 10Zig a while back.
>  They were just a little box with 512MB of memory, an Atom CPU, and a tiny
> SSD to boot a stripped-down Linux.  The default install has various
> emulators/client connectivity pieces.  You could configure it to boot
> straight up and launch one app.  If it hangs/has a problem?  Power cycle
> it.  I think they were in the $200 range, but keep in mind that I'm getting
> Education/Government pricing.  Samsung makes one that is built into a 17"
> monitor, and they were a little more expensive. It may accomplish the same
> thing.
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> Allen Beddingfield
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> The University of Alabama
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Lightner,
> Jeff [JLightner at dsservices.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 3:23 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Anyone have a source for a dumb terminal?
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> Thanks anyway.
>
> It appears somehow my thread got hijacked by someone that IS looking for
> an emulator based on the other responses since my last.
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> To be clear – The OP of this thread (yours truly) does NOT want an
> emulator.  I want an actual dumb terminal for the reasons you mention.
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> Back in the early to mid-90s I setup many different brands of terminals
> and used many emulators.   I wanted to see if anyone knew of a current
> source for a dumb terminal.
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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 4:03 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Anyone have a source for a dumb terminal?
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> Sorry, I don't remember.   I do remember Link MC-5 was another brand.
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> 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.
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> 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> [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:
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> 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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