A good real terminal

[Tony Duell]

> >>    DEC VT320 or VT420.  They are reliable, small, cheap, and easy to
> >> find.
> >
> > And eat flyback trasnformers like they're going out of fashion.
> 
>    I've seen exactly three fail...I've had dozens upon dozens of  
> those terminals go through my hands.  Mind you, I think that's an  

When I was at Bristol, we had DEC terminal everywhere. Mostly VT220s, 
which were extremely reliable, I think I had to fix _2_ in all my time 
there. I had a real VT100 on my bench, and there were a few VT3xx's. All 
of the latter (perhaps 10 units) suffered from flyback problems. 

> excessive failure rate for "adult" (as opposed to "PC") computer  
> equipment, but still.  I guess I've just had better luck.
> 
> > FWIW, I've not managed to obtain any VT2xx or later DEC terminal  
> > with the
> > exception of the VT240. THey're not that common in .uk
> 
>    Really?  That surprises me.  They're all over the place here.  A  
> fellow with whom I've sadly lost touch had a warehouse containing  
> well over a thousand VT320s maybe eight years ago.  I think it was in  
> Virginia.  I wonder what happened to those.

You could find them 8 yeas ago, can you find them _now_? 

-tony