Tektronix terminals and terminals in general (Re: CDC 6600 - Why so aweso...

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

Heh!  Especially if an  upper case only  terminal
I can just imagine the cry arising from the little whiners!  
QUIT SHOUTING  QUIT SHOUTING!
(as they stamp their feet and rent their clothing....)
 
 
In a message dated 6/24/2016 7:50:46 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
emu at e-bbes.com writes:

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  ;-)