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Discontinued - Link MC5



General Purpose Dual-Host Terminal

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Features

  • ASCII, ANSI, PCTerm, SCO Console
  • Virtual terminals –communicates  with two different hosts
  • Interchangeable keyboards (EPC, ANSI, ASCII)
  • Two serial ports and a PC-compatible parallel printer port
  • 78 Hz refresh
  • External brightness and contrast
    controls
  • Flat screen
  • Green, amber, or white screen color  with full overscan
  • 24-, 25-, or 43-line display
  • 80 or 132 columns
  • 512 displayable characters
  • Designed for use with a wide range of multiuser systems, including PC MOS, Alloy, UNIX/XENIX, PICK,
    Concurrent DOS and THEOS

  • The Link MC5 is the most advanced "multiple concept" display terminal and has some very visible differences. It offers high performance, plus ergonomics that are easy on the eyes. At a price that's very easy on the budget. The Link MC5's improved features includes a flat profile screen to reduce glare, overscanned video to eliminate distracting dark borders, extra fast 78 Hz refresh rate to eliminate screen flicker, contrast and brightness controls located on the front panel for easy access: Ergonomics with a clear difference.

    The MC5 also emulates ASCII (Wyse, TeleVideo, Zentec/ADM and ADDS); ANSI (DEC VT220/VT100/VT52); and PCTerm. The MC5 has interchangeable keyboards, a parallel printer port, and lets you communicate with any two hosts. Designed to keep functionality at its highest, and your overall system costs at their lowest. The Link MC5. Carrying on the tradition of high quality and flawless performance that you've come to expect from Link terminals. Value that's a step ahead of the competition. At a price that's a step below.

    ERGONOMICS

  • Monitor: 14-inch diagonal flat screen
  • Color: Green, amber, or white phosphor
  • Video: Fully overscanned
  • Refresh Rate: 78 Hz or 60 Hz, selectable
  • Screen Formats: 24, 25, or 43 scrollable lines plus 1 status line, 80 or 132 columns
  • Virtual Terminals: Simultaneous connection to two different hosts

    ALPHANUMERICS

  • Personalities: Wyse WY60, WY50+; Televideo 910+, 925, 950, 955; Zentec ADM 3A, 5; ADDS Viewpoint, Viewpoint 60; DEC VT220, VT100, VT52; ANSI.SYS (SCO console), Word Perfect keyboard support and PCTerm
  • Screen Attributes: Normal, dim, bold, blank, reverse, underscore, blink and protect attributes in all combinations. Video attributes can be set for embedded, non-embedded, line or character. Horizontal split screen and scrolling regions. External brightness and contrast controls
  • Line Attributes: Double high, double wide
  • Character Cell Size: 10x16 (60 Hz); 10x13 (78 Hz)
  • Character Set: 512 displayable characters. 7 resident character sets including ASCII, DEC Multinational, DEC Special Graphics, PC Multinational, and soft font
  • Display Memory: Up to 7 pages screen memory (80 column, embedded mode)
  • Terminal Set-up: Full-page menu, non-volatile
  • Cursor Attributes: Blinking or steady, block or underline, cursor or no cursor
  • Scrolling: Jump or smooth scroll-3 speeds, software selectable

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  • KEYBOARDS

  • ASCII, Enhanced PC, or ANSI; detached, adjustable low-profile with 6-foot coiled RJ-11 cord. 450 bytes NVM for function key memory and answerback

    COMMUNICATIONS

  • Main Port: RS-232C up to 115.2 Kbps
  • Aux Port: RS-232 (Optional RS-422) up to 115.2 Kbps
  • Parallel Port: IBM PC-Compatible

    POWER
  • Auto-sensing 120 to 240 VAC + 10%, 47 to 63 Hz

    PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
  • Height: 12.5 in (317.5mm)
  • Depth: 12.2 in (309.9 mm)
  • Width: 13.3 in (337.8 mm)
  • Footprint: 9.5 in (209.0 mm)
  • Shipping Weight: Terminal: 22 pounds

    REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
    Safety
  • UL approved
  • CSA approved
  • TÜV-GS approved
    Radio Frequency Interference
  • FCC class A compliant

    WARRANTY

  • One year limited warranty

    MODEL NUMBERS
  • MC5, green 901012-01
  • MC5, white 901012-03
  • MC5, amber 901012-05

    Note: The keyboard is not included with the terminal and must be ordered separately.