18 Nov
2019
18 Nov
'19
6:04 p.m.
On 11/18/19 10:37 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
odd message.. no body..
*facepalm*
Operator error. - Multiple messages trying to start a new thread
instead of polluting another thread.
Let's try this again.
On 11/18/19 9:47 AM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote:
I am no expert on the CUT or DFT protocols.
Does the "Distributed" in "Distributed Function Terminal" refer to /
mean the same thing as the "Distributed" in "Distributed Systems",
which
are also known as "Open Systems"?
first generation displays were very dumb, later
generations were
intelligent and could parse the data stream allowing the creation of
multiple virtual displays along with graphics. these are the ones with
a 25th status row
Interesting.
Ken just wrote a blog post about this trying to defuse
the nonsense on
the web about the reason why terminals are 80 x 25
https://twitter.com/kenshirriff/status/1192497422959665153
I read and enjoyed Ken's article last week. I found it to be very
informative.
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Grant. . . .
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