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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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