4 May
2006
4 May
'06
5:11 p.m.
On 5/4/2006 at 4:22 PM Richard wrote:
I would go further and say that terminals themselves
are becoming
extremely rare.
In point of fact, when was the last terminal manufactured that didn't
contain a microprocessor of some sort? Early-mid 70's maybe?
After that, the difference between a PC and a terminal is largely a matter
of degree--witness the large number of manufacturers (Televideo, Beehive,
DEC, etc.) who said "You know, if we just drop a disk drive and some more
memory into this thing, we'd have a PC".
When I moved from a terminal to a PC connected as a terminal, I thought I'd
gone to heaven. I don't miss terminals at all.
Cheers,
Chuck