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The green screens were cool, but the Nokia 80Hz+ ergonomic black-on-white terminals were actually much better and the ones that everybody wanted to use.

rbanffy 7y ago
This one? https://www.net.fujitsu.fi/fi/historia/mikrotietokone/esitteet/nokia_personal_computer.pdf https://www.net.fujitsu.fi/fi/historia/mikrotietokone/esitte...
- unixhero 7y ago
  OMG! LOVE IT!
  - rbanffy 7y ago
    And they even had their own iMac-liks colorful ones. Before Apple! https://www.net.fujitsu.fi/fi/historia/mikrotietokone/kuvat/mikromikko4_perhe.jpg https://www.net.fujitsu.fi/fi/historia/mikrotietokone/kuvat/...
- tannhaeuser 7y ago
  No they were larger and similar in size to the ND original terminals, and with huge stands, but without the cheesy brownish color, though that's what makes ND monitors distinctly retro I guess. They were also quite slow in rendering characters so you could do "live-debugging" if your program produces lots of output to the terminal :)
- Tor3 7y ago
  No, this one: https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Nokia_Data_VDU_301_S https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Nokia_Data_VDU_301... The Tandberg terminals: https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=tandberg&go=Go https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3ASe...
Tor3 7y ago
I'm not in agreement - not fully at least. The Nokia was maybe preferable to the older Tandberg 2115 terminals, but the later Tandberg models were better in every respect (the last one I used was the 2400. Excellent. black-on-white, multiple serial inputs so that you could use one terminal with multiple computers, etc.) The Tandberg keyboard was, on every model, vastly better than anything else out there, including the Nokia. I should mention that A) I have one Nokia 301 S terminal at home, and B) I still have ND/Tandberg keyboards with PS/2 interfaces, I use it today on my Linux box and it's still better than anything, for a touch typist like me. One thing the Nokia terminal has is that it can switch to VT220 mode too. It's got several identities built in, including that one. (I've got an ND-110 mini as well, that's what I need the Nokia for - the console port is current loop only. Which the Nokia terminal supports.)
- tannhaeuser 7y ago
  Looking of the pictures, I think I actually meant the Tandberg 2400 - definitely looks closer to what I remember than any of the Nokias. Though I sat in front of one or two older 2115s most of the time and could work with the 2400s only when the boss or someone else with a 2400 wasn't in the office. I'm getting quite some details wrong it seems. The ND competence on HN to proove me wrong here is amazing :)
bborud 7y ago
Anyone remember the special terminals that were used in EDBLF (defense project)? Siemens Nixdorf terminals with the same style keyboard as the ND terminal in the picture. If memory serves those were specially made and cost a fortune.

rbanffy 7y ago

This one? https://www.net.fujitsu.fi/fi/historia/mikrotietokone/esitteet/nokia_personal_computer.pdf https://www.net.fujitsu.fi/fi/historia/mikrotietokone/esitte...

unixhero 7y ago
OMG! LOVE IT!
- rbanffy 7y ago
  And they even had their own iMac-liks colorful ones. Before Apple! https://www.net.fujitsu.fi/fi/historia/mikrotietokone/kuvat/mikromikko4_perhe.jpg https://www.net.fujitsu.fi/fi/historia/mikrotietokone/kuvat/...
tannhaeuser 7y ago
No they were larger and similar in size to the ND original terminals, and with huge stands, but without the cheesy brownish color, though that's what makes ND monitors distinctly retro I guess. They were also quite slow in rendering characters so you could do "live-debugging" if your program produces lots of output to the terminal :)
Tor3 7y ago
No, this one: https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Nokia_Data_VDU_301_S https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Nokia_Data_VDU_301... The Tandberg terminals: https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=tandberg&go=Go https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3ASe...

Tor3 7y ago

I'm not in agreement - not fully at least. The Nokia was maybe preferable to the older Tandberg 2115 terminals, but the later Tandberg models were better in every respect (the last one I used was the 2400. Excellent. black-on-white, multiple serial inputs so that you could use one terminal with multiple computers, etc.) The Tandberg keyboard was, on every model, vastly better than anything else out there, including the Nokia. I should mention that A) I have one Nokia 301 S terminal at home, and B) I still have ND/Tandberg keyboards with PS/2 interfaces, I use it today on my Linux box and it's still better than anything, for a touch typist like me. One thing the Nokia terminal has is that it can switch to VT220 mode too. It's got several identities built in, including that one. (I've got an ND-110 mini as well, that's what I need the Nokia for - the console port is current loop only. Which the Nokia terminal supports.)

tannhaeuser 7y ago
Looking of the pictures, I think I actually meant the Tandberg 2400 - definitely looks closer to what I remember than any of the Nokias. Though I sat in front of one or two older 2115s most of the time and could work with the 2400s only when the boss or someone else with a 2400 wasn't in the office. I'm getting quite some details wrong it seems. The ND competence on HN to proove me wrong here is amazing :)

bborud 7y ago

Anyone remember the special terminals that were used in EDBLF (defense project)? Siemens Nixdorf terminals with the same style keyboard as the ND terminal in the picture. If memory serves those were specially made and cost a fortune.