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I wonder if people worked from home using terminals connected to mainframes back in the 70s and 80s.
by MrBuddyCasino 6y ago
I wonder if people worked from home using terminals connected to mainframes back in the 70s and 80s.
- pjmlp 6y agoIt wasn't as common as today, and it were isolated cases, but it was certainly happening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMODEM#:~:text=XMODEM%20is%20a%20simple%20file,and%20called%20the%20result%20XMODEM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMODEM#:~:text=XMODEM%20is%20a....
- bregma 6y agoYes, except management did not approve because they couldn't check to make sure you were wearing your required white shirt, dark tie, and work-appropriate slacks. Even in the office they used terminals connected to mainframes over serial cables.
- teekert 6y agoWebcams would have been so handy back then. I bet some hacker managed to sent a picture of him in correct attire every now and then. Proving the whole thing is BS of course.
- dietrichepp 6y agoMy dad mentioned that he did his graduate work from home in the early 1980s (maybe late 70s?) using a 32-column terminal that he made from an Intel 8008 and a TV. He apparently bypassed the color demodulator in the TV to get a crisper B&W image. He dialed in to the University computer with a 300 baud modem.
- agbell 6y agoThe Bell Labs folks had phone lines to their homes, so they could have terminal access from home I believe. Or at least I think Brian Kernighan mentioned he did.
- throwaway201103 6y agoAbsolutely it happened, but it was uncommon. My dad had a Teletype at home in the 1970s, with a 110-baud acoustic coupler. Later upgraded to an ADM-3A and speed went to 300-baud. I credit this for sparking some interest in programming, as I was able to use these to play around with small FORTRAN and BASIC programs.