[geeks] NEEDED: terminal for my Suns...

Thu Apr 26 14:29:09 CDT 2007

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 @ 11:12 -0400, Sridhar Ayengar said:

> It depends on the IBM terminal.  The 3151 is better than the 3153.  The 
> 3153 doesn't have any native support, so it has to use an emulation 
> mode.  But, if you're getting a 3151, make sure that it's been 
> well-tested.  Some of them had flaky power supplies.  But once you get a 
> good one, it'll basically last forever.  And since it was made by IBM, 
> it will have the nicest keyboard ever.

Hmmm... a place called US Computer Exchange has them for $25, $19
shipping.  I've never dealt with them before.

Anyone here ever deal with these guys before?

Not sure why the 3151 is so cheap. Most of their DEC terminals go for
$60-100.

> Personally, I'm looking for 3164s (the color one) and documentation, if 
> anyone has any available.

www.uscomputerexchange.com is the website for the company I mention
above.

Don't see the 3164, but they have one called the 3472 color terminal.

I don't know what some of the others are, but they have a few other
models too.

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