Decisions you regret (classiccmp related)

Geoffrey Oltmans oltmansg at gmail.com
Fri Dec 18 10:31:43 CST 2015


On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:

>  'joy' of using exclusively Teletypes for
> the first two years I worked with computers, and I didn't (and still don't)
> miss them one bit!
>
> Which is not to say I look down on those who collect/restore them, I
> understand they are an important part of the history, and I salute those
> who
> are into them. I'm just saying that, as a user, I was glad to move on!
>
>
I'm reminded of the commercial for PRIME computers with the Doctor and
Romana:

<sitting at video terminal>
"would you like to be introduced? It's terribly interactive."
"you mean immediate response??"
"immediate"

haha


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