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To: Rastus

I used one of those terminals! Ran a Wang VS-100 and VS-300 shop “back in the day” for BC/BS of IL’s Dental Division. Even had Virtual Terminals on it!


35 posted on 12/02/2019 3:47:43 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative
I used one of those terminals!

I sold dumb terminals to AT&T back in the late 70's where they resold them to the Baby Bells {which prior to 1984 AT&T owned}. Talk about a closed market.

Think about how times have changed.

A dumb terminal sold to the end used {the Baby Bells} for 3-6 thousand dollars, depending on the features.

It was not a computer, it was a terminal... good grief, technology has changed so fast, that even though I lived through it, it is tough to comprehend.

78 posted on 12/02/2019 10:31:32 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist mooselimb savages, today.)
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