20 Apr
2006
20 Apr
'06
9:38 p.m.
In article <005901c664e8$06ff1b10$6900a8c0 at HPLAPTOP>,
"Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org> writes:
The basic fundamental issue is, in the IBM world what
a terminal is/does and
how a terminal should interact with a host system is a diametrically opposed
and fundamentally different concept to how one thinks about what a terminal
is and how it should interact with a host in the async/ascii world. It's
much much more than just electrical and characterset issues.
Yeah, its starting to sink into this thick skull :-).
On the other hand, as a collector of terminals this is pretty
interesting exactly because its so weird!
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