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Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal?

From Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal?
Date 2014-02-26 12:55 -0500
Organization National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, 2phar wrote:

> On 2/21/2014 9:07 AM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
>> I was using a dumb terminal to program phone systems and even gave on to
>> some friends of mine to use to program phone systems. I later used my
>> Dell laptop which had a serial port to program phone systems, control
>> systems, routers and managed switches. Now I have a USB to serial
>> converter to accomplish the same tasks. I do believe I have several dumb
>> terminals in storage an perhaps one out in the shed. ^_^
>> 
>> Oh yea, the laptop is a lot easier to carry around. ^_^
>> 
>> TDD
> I used to have what I think was some version of an ADM 1A, but eventually the 
> electronics deteriorated. It was kinda fun getting it to run with a modern 
> system and figuring out the termcap etc.
>
A computer urnning a terminal emulator is just as dumb as a standalone 
dumb terminal.  Get a Mac Classic and you have cute little terminal for 
whatever purpose that might come up.

   Michael

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Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-21 08:44 -0500
  Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? The Daring Dufas <the-daring-dufas@stinky-finger.net> - 2014-02-21 08:07 -0600
    Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-21 09:42 -0500
      Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 12:55 -0500
  Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-21 17:06 +0200
    Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Stuart Barkley <stuartb@4gh.net> - 2014-03-01 22:37 -0500
      Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Jon Lane <jon@dorsal.tk> - 2014-06-25 19:03 +0000
  Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2014-02-21 09:34 -0600
    Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-21 09:11 -0800
      Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2014-02-21 14:15 -0600
    Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-16 13:58 +0100
  Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-22 16:06 +0000
    Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-16 14:06 +0100
      Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-17 10:30 +0000
  Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 12:54 -0500
    Re: Anyone still using a serial dumb terminal? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-16 18:12 -0700

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