18 Nov
2019
18 Nov
'19
5:21 p.m.
On 11/18/19 9:47 AM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote:
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Grant. . . .
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18 Nov
18 Nov
5:37 p.m.
odd message.. no body..
first generation displays were very dumb, later generations were intelligent and could
parse the data stream
allowing the creation of multiple virtual displays along with graphics. these are the ones
with a 25th status
row
Ken just wrote a blog post about this trying to defuse the nonsense on the web about the
reason why
terminals are 80 x 25
https://twitter.com/kenshirriff/status/1192497422959665153
6:04 p.m.
On 11/18/19 10:37 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
odd message.. no body..
*facepalm*
Operator error. - Multiple messages trying to start a new thread
instead of polluting another thread.
Let's try this again.
On 11/18/19 9:47 AM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote:
I am no expert on the CUT or DFT protocols.
Does the "Distributed" in "Distributed Function Terminal" refer to /
mean the same thing as the "Distributed" in "Distributed Systems",
which
are also known as "Open Systems"?
first generation displays were very dumb, later
generations were
intelligent and could parse the data stream allowing the creation of
multiple virtual displays along with graphics. these are the ones with
a 25th status row
Interesting.
Ken just wrote a blog post about this trying to defuse
the nonsense on
the web about the reason why terminals are 80 x 25
https://twitter.com/kenshirriff/status/1192497422959665153
I read and enjoyed Ken's article last week. I found it to be very
informative.
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Grant. . . .
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6:14 p.m.
An interesting article but he never mentioned cost. Using TV available components cut
cost.
Dwight
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Subject: Re: Question about "Distributed" in the DFT name.
On 11/18/19 10:37 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
odd message.. no body..
*facepalm*
Operator error. - Multiple messages trying to start a new thread
instead of polluting another thread.
Let's try this again.
On 11/18/19 9:47 AM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote:
I am no expert on the CUT or DFT protocols.
Does the "Distributed" in "Distributed Function Terminal" refer to /
mean the same thing as the "Distributed" in "Distributed Systems",
which
are also known as "Open Systems"?
first generation displays were very dumb, later
generations were
intelligent and could parse the data stream allowing the creation of
multiple virtual displays along with graphics. these are the ones with
a 25th status row
Interesting.
Ken just wrote a blog post about this trying to defuse
the nonsense on
the web about the reason why terminals are 80 x 25
https://twitter.com/kenshirriff/status/1192497422959665153
I read and enjoyed Ken's article last week. I found it to be very
informative.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
6:24 p.m.
On 11/18/19 10:04 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
Does the "Distributed" in "Distributed
Function Terminal" refer to / mean the same thing as the "Distributed" in
"Distributed Systems", which are also known as "Open Systems"?
not really, all it meant was there was some intelligence at the terminal
it wasn't capable of any sort of user-programmable computation
that changed pretty quickly with the wide adoption of the IBM PC
I came across a document recently that showed what a mess IBM had on their hands in 1984
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/sna/GC30-3085-3_Distributed_Office_Support_Sys…
6:43 p.m.
On 11/18/19 11:24 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
not really, all it meant was there was some
intelligence at the terminal
it wasn't capable of any sort of user-programmable computation
Okay.
Sounds like distributed is just a term collision then. Thank you for
the clarification.
that changed pretty quickly with the wide adoption of
the IBM PC
I came across a document recently that showed
what a mess IBM had on their hands in 1984
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/sna/GC30-3085-3_Distributed_Office_Support_Sys…
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