[Info-vax] Windows terminal revamped and open sourced

[Dave Froble]

On 6/17/2019 9:34 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2019-06-17 kl. 14:57, skrev Bob Koehler:
>> In article <qe4unb$qcn$1 at dont-email.me>,
>> =?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
>> writes:
>>>
>>> An old hardware terminal such as the VT-line are today always
>>> a worse solution than an termninal amulator running on your
>>> everyday computer client you are using for anything else.
>>> No matter if it is Windows, Linux oc Mac, they all have
>>> emulators that are much better to work with than an VT520.
>>
>>     Except that the keyboard is wrong.  And often the emulation is wrong.
>>> Yes, VT-terminals are can be fun from an historical point of
>>> view. But there is no reason to use them for real work.
>>
>>     Except that they work correctly, and have a correct keyboard.
>>
>
> Those like you are the ones pushing VMS over the edge...

Over the edge?  What edge?

Many people use VMS for many different purposes.  Not all are similar. 
Some uses are very dissimilar.

For instance, you have declared that a VMS system without Rdb is 
useless.  I believe that is what you declared.  None of our customers 
use Rdb.  Their systems are VERY useful to them.  Every bit as useful, 
or more, than your customer's VMS systems are to your customers.

You have exhibited a "knee-jerk" reaction to using a physical terminal. 
  Why?  If someone has some terminals laying around, and they can be 
useful, what's wrong with that?  Don't bother, there can never be 
anything wrong with using something that does the job, and the job needs 
to be done.

Terminals vs terminal emulators.  Hmmm ....

You seem to favor emulators, but, your customers have real CPUs, not 
emulators.  Why is a real terminal so bad, but a real CPU is Ok?

Tolerance is a good thing.

Well, sometimes.  Don't get me started on junk PC keyboards, my 
tolerance for them is little to none.

:-)

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