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The article recalls teletype terminals. I'm just putting a video showing how it worked in close: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MikoF6KZjm0 https://www.youtube
by inlineint 10y ago
The article recalls teletype terminals. I'm just putting a video showing how it worked in close: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MikoF6KZjm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MikoF6KZjm0 . It hypnotizes IMO :)
I'd like to see how looks editing and running BCPL/C programs using ed on such a terminal.
- fiddlerwoaroof 10y agoNow I want one of those for my desktop.
- VintageCool 10y agoWatching that video suddenly made it clear to me where the word "teletype" came from.
- i336_ 10y agoI went from amazed ("it's like a mechanical watch...") to bored/irritated ("oh, so THAT's what 110 baud was like... ouch") to amused ("...but I could put up with this, I guess.") as I watched this. Thanks so much. My conclusion is that I could probably put up with using one of these, but that I'd feel quite cramped if it was my main workstation. The mechanics of `ed' suddenly make a lot more sense now. The dialing bit at the end was awesome. Reminds me of relay-based lift motor rooms! (There are videos of those on YouTube.)