Terminal bashing (Re: POSIX bashing)

[charles bridgeland]

peter at ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
>> many Datamedia 1521 terminals to whoever auctions them off. They'd
>> simply SMASH the screens, and throw them away.

>That's disgusting. I know lots of people who would pay $25 or so for these
>because that's all they can afford. They'd love some cheap terminals. We
>have hundreds of people on local BBSes who *can'* afford a terminal and call
>up using those horrible 40-column teletext devices U.S.Videotel rents.

>If nothing else, donate them to some charity. Throw in some $50 1200 baud
>modems and a list of BBS numbers. DON'T WASTE A PERFECTLY GOOD RESOURCE!

>(I'm sorry, but this is insane. Your Government In Action)
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indeed, my place of work is shortly going to be tossing many of their old 
ibm pcs--like, right out in the dumpster.  they never have done anything
with them that a c64 couldn't do, but they've been replaced with model
30s and 50, w/ color and hd--gotta have the latest.


bah!
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