jim wrote:
I was just remembering back about 20-25 years ago
when i was in my
10-15 years old going to work with my step dad who worked at a mining co
that had a bid datacenter and was awed at the computer monitors that were
hooked up to the mainframe the bulk of the monitors were these great big
ones that sat on the desk they were probably 2'wide X 1 1/2'-2'high and
about 3' deep the base cume up about 6" then curved out so you could see the
main screen like so forgive the drawing
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I would like to know what motel that was all i remember it was stamped IBM
and if there are any pic's arround
IBM 3270-style terminals had that sort of profile, here's a page with a
picture of a 3270, although you don't get a cross-section perspective:
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/3270.html
ones that sat on the desk they were probably 2'wide
X 1 1/2'-2'high and
about 3' deep the base cume up about 6" then curved out so you could see the
The 3270-style weren't quite that large, but perhaps it's that scaled-up
memory effect as you're bigger now.
.. I always found the 3270-style terminals kind of funny the way they loomed
up and towards you, as if the computer was peering back at you, or
intentionally engaging with you.