3 Sep
2009
3 Sep
'09
2:52 p.m.
On Sep 3, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Rich Alderson wrote:
Indeed, far more terminals were (and still are) connected to
computers than to modems.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
> On 2 Sep
2009 at 16:22, tp wrote:
> Tom, there's a product announcement of
the 8030 in the September
> 1976
> IEEE Computer magazine. Says it's 8080 based, with editing features
> (e.g. protected fields) and two display pages. The announcement
> claims a top speed of 9600 bps, however.
This is 1976 ... did they have 9600 modems back
then that a human
could
afford!
This would have been an acceptable speed on a hardwired terminal
line into,
for example, a DEC-20. Terminals aren't always connected to modems.