There's difference between a computer terminal and a terminal computer in my mind.
A computer terminal can be regarded as an I/O device. Keybord in and screen/printer
out.
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A terminal computer usually has local processing and can run stand alone.
For example there were variants of of the DEC VT100 with a LSI 11 cardcage and integral
tape drives.
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So take your pick, computer terminals are?usually dum I/O devices and depending on what
emulations they support can be conneced to?one or more processors.?
Terminal computers have an on board CPU
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Rod Smallwood
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From: Derrick Meury <rmx44 at aim.com>
To: cctalk at
classiccmp.org
Sent: Monday, 31 March 2014, 5:39
Subject: old terminal computers.
i have wondered something. do old terminal machines need to be used with their own server
box or can they be used with other machines. also what are some stuff u can do with an old
terminal