From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: akosela@andykosela.com (Andy Kosela) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 10:18:41 +0100 Subject: [TUHS] OK, no more 80 cols please In-Reply-To: References: <20171111212322.GA20429@minnie.tuhs.org> Message-ID: On Sunday, November 12, 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Sat, 11 Nov 2017, Steve Nickolas wrote: > > I would kill for a semi-modern terminal in an ADM3a/5 type chassis. >> Something about the late 70s pastel googie BakeLite look I just dig. >> > > Seeing as we're talking about old Unix-y terminals, the ADM-3a was > certainly one of my favourites; there was something about the keyboard > layout that just screamed out "Unix". Was it the unshifted "=" key? The > unshifted "[]" keys? Can't remember now, but C programming was a breeze > with it. > > Another favourite was the Teleray 1061, with user-programmable function > keys; yes, we were dumb enough to store our username/password there... > > The *worst* terminal I've ever had to use was the VT-220 and its clones; I > was always having to hunt'n'peck for common keys. I still loathe it. > > Because you need LK421 UNIX keyboard[1] for those. Pretty rare these days, but I have several of them in NOS quality stashed, just in case one of them breaks. My personal favorite is definitely VT220 -- very "modern" shape, small and portable even for todays standards (12" tube), and the built-in font is just perfect. Did I mention beautiful scanlines? You won't find them on PC CRT monitors. --Andy [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LK421 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: