6 Dec
2007
6 Dec
'07
4:28 p.m.
In article <m1J0OAj-000J3eC at p850ug1>,
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) writes:
As was stated in this thread, there's no need to have a
microprocessor. Of course one of the first applications of
microprocessors was to make terminals *much* cheaper. I think I have
one terminal that has no microprocessor (a Basic/4 terminal). I have
a graphics generator that has no microprocessor, but that's just a
display device not a terminal.
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I'm
also curious about what processor it's built around, if you
don't mind checking.
Why does it have to have a processor at all?