[rescue] Anyone build this kit?

[Dave McGuire]

   "Better" depends on the metric.  The 340 is slower than the 420, and 
it consumes a lot more power.  I think it's fairer to say that they're 
just "different".

              -Dave

On 10/1/21 5:00 PM, John Hudak wrote:
> 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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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA