26 Jun
2007
26 Jun
'07
2:57 p.m.
On 26/06/07, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
As I mentioend [...]
Same thing with pltting graphs. Rather than have a low-resolution
block-graphics display, you added a plotter or an HP1350 and got enough
resolution to produce a _useable_ graph -- not just a pretty picture. Of
course it wasn't cheap, but...
OK, point taken, but really, I think you're sort of emphasizing the
difference and making my point for me. This wasn't a PC, it was an
expensive tool for professionals and scientists. It was a table-top
single-user mini, in a way: expensive on its own and little use
without various peripherals to give it useful I/O.
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