[Info-vax] Terminals, was: Re: VMS Features I Wish Linux Had

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-06-15, Hans Vlems <hvlems at freenet.de> wrote:
> No thanks. The first interactive system I used was block mode (Beehive 150 terminals in T27 or TD830 mode connected to CANDE on a Burroughs mainframe).
> It wasn't until I met RT-11 on a PDP with a VT100 when I realized how awkward blockmode avtually was. Still is actually since CANDE is released for hobbyist use. Ah, Burroughs extended algol, my favorite assembly :-)

I missed the block mode terminals thank goodness (based on what I've
heard). My first video terminal was the Sperry UTS-10 (20mA current loop
IIRC) which was basically a video version of a teletype and the second
one was a HP terminal used with a HP 3000 (MPE) in character mode.

Simon.

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