semi-unique terminals / was Re: Humpty Dumpty

Richard, this isn't as exciting as a graphics terminal, but a terminal you might be interested in keeping an eye out for is the Ann Arbor Ambassador. For the most part it's 'just' an ASCII RS-232 terminal with an approx. 14" monitor, but it has the ability to do * 60 * lines on screen. (The number of lines could be keyboard/software selected to values like 24, 36, 48, 60). I think the Ambassador came out circa 1981. In that era it was a great terminal to use for programming, esp. with a windowed text editor like EMACS. By contrast, using a 'normal' 24-line terminal felt like programming through a peep-hole. IIRC, even a few years earlier (late 70's) Ann Arbor made a terminal with 40 lines on screen. Nothing earth-shaking, but somewhat unusual for a basic ASCII terminal in the era of 24-line screens.