> ---------------------------------------- > From: Mihai Popescu <mih...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tue Mar 29 13:20:35 CEST 2016 > To: <misc@openbsd.org> > Subject: OT: True hardware UNIX terminal > > > Hello, > > This question is somehow off topic but I know there are some readers > here old enough to shade some light in this matter. > I want to get and idea of what was or is an old true hardware UNIX > terminal. I have searched google, but the word "terminal" associated > with UNIX points most of the time to what we know today as UNIX shell. > If someone, please, can show me a doc or explain a little bit what was > a terminal at that moment back in time. I know that it was some kind > of hardware, maybe RS232 related, used to connect to some main frame. > But I am unable to find the details. I even lack some tech words to > search deeper on the web. > > Thank you. >
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