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We had the fugly IBM terminals by the time I went to the university. Long lines waiting to key in your assignments, then even longer time awaiting the printouts
by xradionut 14y ago
We had the fugly IBM terminals by the time I went to the university. Long lines waiting to key in your assignments, then even longer time awaiting the printouts.
Found a nice loophole that I could exploit. Modem users got higher priority on jobs. Plus the TRS-80 Model4P I owned was capable of terminal emulation and other nice tricks to speed up Fortran and JCL assignments. So I sat in the comfort of the dorm room and used the time I saved on EE assignments.
- chiph 14y agoI wrote a VT-100 emulator for my Atari ST so I could do the same thing with the school's Data General Eclipse MV-8000. Much nicer being able to complete assignments within walking distance of the refrigerator. :)