On Sunday, November 12, 2017, Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> 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