From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 3 19:40:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.enteract.com (mail.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1208A37B722 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:40:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Received: from shell-2.enteract.com (dscheidt@shell-2.enteract.com [207.229.143.41]) by mail.enteract.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA77290; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 21:40:15 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 21:40:15 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt To: Derrick Baumer Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dumb terminal vendor In-Reply-To: <200004030245.TAA01951@earthlink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Derrick Baumer wrote: > I have this sinking feeling that this is a dumb question (no pun > intended, honest), but can anyone recommend a dumb terminal to connect > to my 3.4-STABLE box, as well as a vendor to supply said terminal? I > have one computer in my apartment (really no room for two), and my > wife and I spend most of our time waiting for the other to finish what > they're doing so we can get our time on the computer. Just about any ASCII terminal will do. I like DEC vt{234}20 with an LK201 keyboard, but have used all sorts of terminals with FreeBSD. Various VTs, HP 700/94s, AT&T 630 and 730s (a pretty nifty terminal, with windowing and a mouse, but not really common), Wyse clones and who knows what else. I wouldn't buy one new; they are shockingly expensive. See if you can't get someone to give you one; there are lots sitting around in closets. If you do buy one secondhand, pay attention to the keyboard. They tend to use proprietary keyboards, which can cost more than you paid to replace. Some also have funky keyboard mappings, but you can either get used to them, or modify the keyboard map. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message