30 Jul
2021
30 Jul
'21
9:23 p.m.
And here I've always thought of you as a pessimist who would have called it
'Half Empty ST'...
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 9:17 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Yep.
And, it was not appreciated when I suggested an interim release between
the MT/ST emulator and "Full-ST" to be called "Half Full ST"
On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, grif615 at mindspring.com wrote:
Scope Creep.. no telling how many projects died
in stalled development.
On Jul 30, 2021 16:36, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Not really--it's very old technology, (1964),
of limited
capacity (about
20 KB per tape), was a hideously expensive way to
buy a
typewriter
(about USD$7000 in 1964, or about USD$61,000
today), used
almost
exclusively in large corporate offices to create
form
letters and
documents. In other words, it was not intended
as an
archival medium.
The effort required in preparing a document was
considerable (one used
the mini-keypad for various functions). For a
memo, it was
easiest to
use the typewriter as a typewriter.
There are more interesting things to look at.
Well, form letters are "important".
But, once microcomputer word processing matured, they could
be done easily
and much better.
An acquaintance was working on creating an emulation of the
MT/ST, as a
way for those who were familiar with the MT/ST and/or
actually liked it,
to be able to continue unchanged on a microcomputer.
But, then he started adding features. Besides delaying the
completion
until it was no longer relevant, it was suggested that he
change the name
from "MT/ST" (pronounced "empty ST") to "FULL ST".