In article <CBn6qt.Gtt@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> pop@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Robin Popplestone) writes:
>When I started computing (in 1963) I thought a teletype was a wonderful
>device. Give or take the odd extra case, almost all computer scientists still
>think so - the presentation of computer programs is STILL determined by the
>ways in which electro-mechanical devices could put marks on pieces of paper,
>
>Strangely, the rest of the world has moved on, and communes daily with bitmap
>displays and laser printers. *Pantechnicon* is an attempt to persuade
But you see, some of us really do _like_ our text only displays. Quite
effifiend and cost effective (read: cheap :-) ). Actually, more work gets
done and less time is spend playing around when people use ascii terminals
rather than bitmapped graphics devices.
Now, for some uses, I find my graphics workstations, laser printer,
etc. very useful and fun to play with. However, my ascii terminals
are also very useful and I can place them in various locations around
the house without spending a fortune, _and_ I can get a lot of work
accomplished with them. I've no complaints with them. They also most
likely emit less radiation than the graphics displays and take up less
space, produce less heat, etc. :-) I want to keep using them and don't
want to have to fool with a blasted mouse, bitpad, etc. for most
things!
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Eccentrics have more fun! :-)
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