I was strolling in some suburb this evening when I found an old PS/2 monitor
abandoned in a parking lot. Only it was no monitor, but an IBM Infowindow
terminal. I really liked the flattish, grey screen, but it was a bit too heavy
to carry, particularly since there was no underground nearby. I did however
snatch the D15->twinax cable, which was a fancy plastic construction, as
opposed to the heavy-duty metal thing I've had before. It seems that every
other PS/2 I get has been used as some IBM mainframe terminal.
It was a sad parting, but would that terminal have done me any good? I've read
that IBM terminals are not really interactive, but just glorified punched
cards. The hardware interface doesn't make things easier, either. The terminal
had a female DB25 as well on the back, I suppose that was for a printer and no
serial async connection?
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
Idealismus ist die F?higkeit, die Menschen so zu sehen, wie sie sein k?nnten,
wenn sie nicht so w?ren, wie sie sind.
--- Curt Goetz
Received on Sat Jun 16 2001 - 19:16:22 BST