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  • Subject: Re: New Risc and Decision Data Terminals
  • From: DAsmussen@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:53:42 EST

John,

In a message dated 99-02-08 14:22:15 EST, you write:

> I have a client that just cut over to a new 170 Risc box running 4.3.  There
>  are a number of older decision data 387 color terminals that seem to be
>  failing with device errors.  We have switched them with some IBM
>  (naturally!) terminals and the problems seem to go away.  Has anyone else
>  had or heard of this problem.  There are a lot of Decision Data terminals
>  out there, I can't believe the all have to be replaced!

I've seen this several times w/DD terminals, especially way back when I did a
lot of 36>400 migration work.  DD can easily fix this with a firmware upgrade,
but it can get mighty pricey if you're not under DD maintenance :(...

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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