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On 23-Jan-08, at 9:09 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
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On 01/23/08 19:44, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 07:17:50PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
I'm really gettin' old!
Have you yet bitched and complained how kids today have it so much
easier, and don't appreciate what they have?
I'm getting a new-to-me dot-matrix printer (Epson LQ-2080) delivered
tomorrow. Next week I expect a VT-520. I wonder how many VT-520s a
modern computer could support?
Directly attached via a serial multi-port card, or via an Ethernet
terminal server?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_server
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECserver
When people had terminals instead of
computers on their desks, how big was a computer with 2 GB ram and
500
GB hard drive space and the power of a modern CPU (e.g. Athlon64)?
The last time I had an actual real-live VT220 on my desk was 1991.
I've got a bunch of them here on a skid if you want another one :-)
With some Wyse and other brands for variety.
I'll sell the serial port multi card(s) if somebody actually wants
it....
Brian
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