[rescue] Anyone build this kit?

[John Hudak]

Agreed - should have said contains more 'features'...yep, downside is power
consumption.  Good pt about the speed, never saw much difference to
remember that after all this time.
J


On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 8:00 PM Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

>    "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
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