AT&T 630 terminal - software ??

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <1003 at vsi.COM> friedl at vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) writes:
>Sorry, AT&T has mislead you.  This is the pricing for the 630:
>  Part #	     Description			 List
>----------	-------------------------		------
>3344-630	Terminal Controller Base		$1,225
>33534COL19	Amber 16" Display Monitor		 1,080
>33537		122-key keyboard			   195
>33535		SSI/EIA board				   300
>33536		Mouse					   150
>I think all the parts are needed, certainly the base, monitor
>and keyboard.  Even our reseller cost is > $2300, so if you can
>get it for under $2k then go for it.

I don't know how accurate these prices are; they may well have
come down.  There are also quantity and, I think, GSA discounts..
The last time I ordered 630s (in August 1988) our costs for
small quanities were:

    Part Name:		Comcode:	Part Number:	$Cost:
1)  Controller (640Kb)	501 001 671	553 750 AAA	920.00
2)  Monitor		501 001 697	53D 610 YAA	815.00
3)  98-Key Keyboard	501 004 865	56K 420 ADA V2	108.00
4)  Mouse, 3-button,red	524 594 157	459 415		115.00

The mouse is essential, as you cannot operate the SET-UP menu
without it.  The SSI/EIA board is not necessary unless you need
more than the two built-in serial ports.  Also, I highly
DISrecommend the 122-key keyboard, which appears to be patterned
after the utterly horrible IBM PC keyboard.  The 98-key model is
much better (you can't use the extra function keys on the 122-key
model anyway).  We had some 122-key keyboards by accident and had
to exchange them, they were so yucky.  I tried a 5620 keyboard,
which would have been just about perfect, but it unfortunately
doesn't work with the 630. Why do they make keyboards so wide?
I need room on my desk for things other than the @#&*^% keyboard,
for example the mouse and my coffee cup!  The rightmost 6 inches
of the 98-key keyboard could be removed and the BREAK key moved
onto the remaining keyboard, so far as I am concerned.  The arrow
keys are pretty much useless in a mouse-oriented world, and the
numerical keypad is of interest to data entry clerks but not much
else.  The extra 6 function keys are a waste of space; they're
not programmable like the main set of 8 function keys.