[rescue] Anyone build this kit?

[John Hudak]

IIRC, I'd say the vt340 was 'better' than the 420.
The 420 was a replacement to the 320 and it added multi-session
capabilities.
There were no color or graphics-capable 400 series terminals.
The VT340 added support for ReGIS and Sixel graphics and color.
I think the 500 (520?) was (was suppose to be?) the uber 340. I got
diverted from DEC terminals around the time the 520 was announced and never
followed the progression if any, after that.
J




On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:47 PM Joshua D. Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:

> On October 1, 2021 4:42:58 PM EDT, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
> wrote:
> >On 10/1/21 4:34 PM, Barry Keeney wrote:
> >>> It's a placeholder for me - I've got a couple of those great Dec
> Terminal
> >>> bases that took a VGA monitor and ps/2(?) keyboard, (VT520?) but I
> can't
> put
> >>> my hands on them...
> >>
> >>  B B  I remember those, They came out after DEC moved production from
> the
> >> plant in my home town to Mexico... Quality went to SH*T and sales nose
> >> dived. They moved it back but too late to restore their rep...
> >
> >  I think Lionel is talking about the VT525.  They are crap, but better
> than
> nothing.  The VT420 was, IMO, their last good terminal.
>
> Was the VT420 better than the VT340? I thought the VT525 was supposed to
> have
> the features of the VT340.while adding the ability to use an LCD and
> connect
> to 4 machines. It is sad to hear it was bad as I had been wanting one.
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