In article <003d01c66fc7$e6f48f40$21fe54a6 at ibm23xhr06>,
"John Allain" <allain at panix.com> writes:
> I
wasn't aware Beehive teeminals were rare. I have 3 of them...
Beware. Everything we consider as a classic terminal is either
extremely rare today, or a historical anomaly (EG the town library
card system that hasn't been upgraded in 15 years). Don't rest
if you want one.
I would go further and say that terminals themselves are becoming
extremely rare.
Most places that used to use terminals (hospitals, banks, etc.) now
use a Windows thinclient type device so that they can have menus,
mice, graphics, etc. (Never mind that almost all the information they
display is character data.) Thin clients leverage the average
knowledge people have about using a Windows type interface and also
get to leverage the economics of PC compatible monitors, mice and
keyboards.
Just how many terminal manufacturers are left, anyway? I can only
think of Wyse and Link (which makes a Wyse clone).
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