Digital archaeology of the microcomputer, 1974-1994

Richard legalize at xmission.com
Wed Jan 17 20:48:18 CST 2007


In article <45AE5627.4579.1D9EB8ED at cclist.sydex.com>,
    "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>  writes:

> Richard, what you do for terminals is certainly worthwhile.  However, 
> given the description of a terminal (e.g. user's manual), I can 
> easily emulate one or, if worse comes to worst, build one from modern 
> components.  

This completely misses the point that the terminal is the tactile
physical interface for the user.  When you can emulate that (utility
fog, anyone?) let me know.
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