12 Jul
2011
12 Jul
'11
2:58 p.m.
Ann Arbor terminals were nice. Sat in front of an Ann Arbor Ambassador
for many years, the major benefit 48 or 60 lines on screen. Using a
typical 24-line terminal for programming felt like being crippled in
comparison.
Yeah, they were good (albeit somewhat unreliable) terminals, but from a
styling standpoint, the Ann Arbor Ambassadors were...well, fugly, IMHO.
I too spent many hours behind these terminals (Tektronix bought tons of
them..which was strange, since Tek made its own terminals), and I did
like the crisp display, and the wide mode. Made it great for viewing
FORTRAN complier listing outputs from the CDC Cyber 73.
-Rick