Post B0EMCm2MPQgzprO9QW by giggls@karlsruhe-social.de
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(DIR) Post #B0DJ79pMYB52rUymae by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-11-13T20:18:25Z
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(DIR) Post #B0DJnpY9ojWaQNHP84 by raganwald@social.bau-ha.us
2025-11-13T20:26:00Z
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@ricci Memories of watching mag tape machines in action, the hanging loops of tape dancing like ballerinos.
(DIR) Post #B0DNAuf7HATknpEVBw by mjd@mathstodon.xyz
2025-11-13T21:03:49Z
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@fanf I like the idea that in order to salvage a 9-track tape of Unix v4, you can't use terminal equipment more recent than a Digital VT220.
(DIR) Post #B0DOfS65d5sd8oyYEK by f4grx@chaos.social
2025-11-13T21:20:37Z
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@ricci careful with the degaussing coil 🤣
(DIR) Post #B0DPQl9MbqEhqK452G by FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange
2025-11-13T21:23:14Z
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@f4grx @ricci Yeah, having that near the crt makes me nervous. 50 year old tape erased minutes before being copied...
(DIR) Post #B0DPQmSBlKt9szsd16 by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-11-13T21:29:08Z
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@FritzAdalis @f4grx don't worry, it stayed off and that isn't where it's being stored
(DIR) Post #B0DXmVgvZ2LHu2e8wq by SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange
2025-11-13T23:02:44Z
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@ricci Fingers crossed. Looks healthy.
(DIR) Post #B0ECLQ7QGsqevCEyvI by f4grx@chaos.social
2025-11-14T06:37:10Z
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@ricci @FritzAdalis I'm not worried, it was a joke :)
(DIR) Post #B0EMCm2MPQgzprO9QW by giggls@karlsruhe-social.de
2025-11-14T08:27:43Z
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@ricci Did they already use Terminals in 1973 or was it still teleprinters?
(DIR) Post #B0EMHVEuI1p9BcVoA4 by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-11-14T08:28:37Z
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@giggls Not sure, this was long before my time. This particular terminal is about10 years newer than the tape
(DIR) Post #B0EQHQbNvnz2cWFIjA by giggls@karlsruhe-social.de
2025-11-14T09:13:24Z
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@ricci I just read on Wikipedia that #VT100 was released in 1978.
(DIR) Post #B0EYMM7onqS9ohHEZc by nitot@framapiaf.org
2025-11-14T10:43:54Z
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@ricci I have to admit that when I was a kid, I looked at VT-220 with envy. This picture made me feel this again. (despite the fact that I'm typing this on a nice MacBook Air M2, 24 Gb of RAM and Studio Display).
(DIR) Post #B0FK7bmf66FTpzPmO8 by jwd630@mastodon.social
2025-11-14T19:38:44Z
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@giggls @ricci Depends on what you call a terminal. Students interacted with time shared campus mainframes using what were essentially IBM Selectric typewriters with APL type balls when I first went to university in 1973 https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Typewriter_terminal I didn’t see my first ASR-33 until I was also using VT-52s in 1980. My first CRT experience was sometime between those, details lost in the mists of time