POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Short one : Re: Short one Server Time
12 Oct 2024 01:16:15 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Short one  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 15 Oct 2007 17:17:00
Message: <4713d8cc$1@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:40:44 +0200, andrel wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:30:42 -0400, Warp wrote:
>> 
>>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>>> We could do terminal server - how about just dumb terminals?
>>>   VT100 rules.
>>>
>>>   (Ok, I have never actually used a VT100 terminal. I have used a
>>>   VT220 one,
>>> though. Back then it was enough to do everything you had to do... :) )
>> 
>> I think I have used a VT100 terminal.  Orange phosphor type screen,
>> IIRC.
>> 
>> :-)
>> 
> vt52, vt100, vt220 and vt240 (using its grahical modes to plot things
> IIRC) but I started on on a beehive terminal where you could edit one
> line locally and then use the 'send' button to send to the mainframe. No
> fancy full screen editors like VI yet. Output to be collected the next
> day at the front desk.

Technically, I think my first terminal was a real teletype - I remember 
my dad bringing one home from the office for the IBM 305 they had, 
acoustic coupler and all.

Jim


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