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Updating the screen has been accepted now for at least 40 years. Before then, there were computers without screens. People connected typewriters to them to get
by ghusbands 8y ago
Updating the screen has been accepted now for at least 40 years. Before then, there were computers without screens. People connected typewriters to them to get interactive input/output [1]. Before then, there were even trickier solutions.
Sometimes, remote terminals have broken layout, and people use the old editors again.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter#Use_as_a_computer_terminal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter#Use_a...
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- WalterGR 8y agoI understand that. The article assumes the reader understands that. I wonder if there were contemporary arguments against screen editing, 40 years ago.