9 Dec
2019
9 Dec
'19
2:40 p.m.
On Mon, 9 Dec 2019, at 11:35 AM, Ken Thompson via TUHS wrote:
in the early 70s, noone had seen a computer.
i had a terminal at home and we were giving
a dinner party. i wrote several games for the
party from the back of an off-the-shelf puzzle
book.
Hi Ken,
I might be too young to understand the communication
technologies that existed in the 70s.
How did the terminal connect back to the main computer?
Did you have a fixed line or did you dial-in over POTS (plain old telephone service)?
Thanks,
Naveen