Subj : Re: NetBSD
To   : Grant Weasner
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Tue Apr 22 2025 08:00:23

-=> Grant Weasner wrote to Mortar M. <=-

 GW> No. I missed sytems using a true teletype, those were before my time.
 GW> Now I did get to play with one a few times at the living computer
 GW> museume in seattle when it was there.

 I used ASR-33 teletypes connected to Northern Telecom PBXes - it was
 convenient being able to look at the paper scroll to see error messages
 that had occurred.

 I'd learned about how TTYs worked with UNIX, it was interesting to see
 one in action - and to understand how line editors worked.



 
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