[rescue] Anyone build this kit?

[Dave McGuire]

   We've got a bunch of them running up here at the museum.  No 330/340s 
on the exhibit floor, but we could fix that.  You should come up at some 
point.

               -Dave

On 10/1/21 10:09 PM, John Hudak wrote:
> 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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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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