11 Nov
2017
11 Nov
'17
3:50 a.m.
William Corcoran writes:
It could also be that the 80 column display with 24
rows using 8 bit characters
fit nicely within a 16k memory chip (or four (4) 4K chips). I wonder if that
fact eventually helped OEM’s settle in on the ubiquitous 80x24 terminal size?
Well yes, having worked for a company that made terminals at the time, that is
one of the reasons. The other is the availability of monitors that were cheap
because they were compatible with televisions. Similar to the reason that we
were stuck with crappy HD monitors for years.
Jon