5 Apr
2011
5 Apr
'11
2:50 p.m.
In article <4D9B86A9.5060407 at atarimuseum.com>,
"Curt @ Atari Museum" <curt at atarimuseum.com> writes:
Kind of an interesting view, because Evan brings up a
good point, with a
long extension cord and casters on a cabinet or desk, essentially a LOT
of a/c powered systems could've been considered "Portable" at the time
and that's not too far of stretch to say given many systems at the time
required reinforced floors to water cooling as essential operating
requirements...
Once we took our LA-36 terminals outside of Willard Hall (University
of Delaware) because the weather was so nice. Our terminals were
located in a room we affectionately called "the fishbowl" because it
had glass windows facing the entrance vestibule and lobby of Willard
Hall on the first floor. We opened up the windows, hauled the
terminals outside the entrance and dangled the power cords back
through the open windows. Because it was a printing terminal you
could sit at, it worked great. It wouldn't have been very feasible to
do this with the CRT terminals we had due to glare and the need to
also haul out a desk for the terminal to sit on.
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