Tektronix terminals and terminals in general (Re: CDC 6600 - Why so awesome?)

emanuel stiebler emu at e-bbes.com
Fri Jun 24 09:50:28 CDT 2016


On 2016-06-24 08:23, Swift Griggs wrote:
> However, I think most folks these days would faint if they were forced to
> work on a terminal.

Just don't tell them, that they do ;-)

If you really think about it, the terminals just got faster and
got more colors. (and you call them smartphone, thin clinet, tablet, win 
PC, ...)
Otherwise:
a.) most data is somewhere in the cloud (before it was called mainframe)
b.) a lot of applications are running in the cloud (before, mainframe)
c.) you connect now via wireless internet (before: modem)
d.) ...

So, just Emperor's new clothes ;-)



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