A friend forwarded me this YouTube link today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ
It's a KRON Channel 4 news (San Francisco, CA) report from 1981 about
the San Francisco Examiner (and others) making themselves available
online via BBS. My favorite line: "Of the estimated two to three
thousand home computer owners in the Bay Area..." Ah, those were the
days!
I spy a Tandy TRS-80 Model I, a TRS-80 Color Computer! But I'm mainly
interested in the Space-Age looking terminals being used by the SF
Examiner staff in the video. They've got swooping, rounded corners,
white shells, and what looks like an integrated 9 or 10 inch green
phosphor display. Screenshot is here:
http://www.loomcom.com/misc/examiner_terminal.jpg
Anyone know what kind of terminal this is? I'd freaking LOVE to have
one of those on my desk.
-Seth