[ale] Anyone have a source for a dumb terminal?

[Neal Rhodes]

http://wyse.vecmar.com/wyse_60.htm   $200.  plug in and go.    Vecmar
sounds familiar. 

On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 19:14 +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Neal,
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> Any idea who that was that did that or if they’re still around?
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> To others that suggested terminal emulation software – my original
> post indicates that was my first suggestion but they don’t want to do
> that because anything good enough to run that might walk away because
> it could run other things as well. 
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Neal Rhodes
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 2:08 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Anyone have a source for a dumb terminal?
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> We used to get refurbished WY60s all the time for $100.   
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> In fact, we could send in a Wy60 for a flat rate repair for $100 as
> long as the tube lit up. 
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> On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 17:53 +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote: 
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> Another department just asked me about this and said they are having a
> hard time finding one for less than $500.
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> I suggested they just put in a laptop with terminal emulation but
> apparently this is going to a remote site and they’re afraid something
> like that might disappear.
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> I gather they just need any terminal that would do the old RS232 9600
> baud and run in VT100 mode but I’m not sure what the
> server/application is.
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> Any ideas?
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