18 Dec
2015
18 Dec
'15
8:31 a.m.
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
'joy' of using exclusively Teletypes for
the first two years I worked with computers, and I didn't (and still don't)
miss them one bit!
Which is not to say I look down on those who collect/restore them, I
understand they are an important part of the history, and I salute those
who
are into them. I'm just saying that, as a user, I was glad to move on!
I'm reminded of the commercial for PRIME computers with the Doctor and
Romana:
<sitting at video terminal>
"would you like to be introduced? It's terribly interactive."
"you mean immediate response??"
"immediate"
haha