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Marcin Wichary
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Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens  · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him

San Francisco, Calif.
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    1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 Sep 2019
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      Hello, stranger. I’m glad you decided to join me on this impromptu tour of a somewhat forgotten era of computing: the time when Screens Were Expensive – and so computers had no choice but to use smaller screens, small screens, and even ridiculously tiny screens. Shall we…?

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    2. Richard G. Clegg‏ @richardclegg 17 Sep 2019
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      Interesting thread. I wonder why more did not take the option used by the zx80 and successors of using standard TV as display.

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Sep 2019
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      My take: The TVs were way too fuzzy, and also would appear unprofessional in the workplace? (Although I bet some of the naked CRTs used could have been similar to TV’s in quality.)

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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Sep 2019
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          But I don’t know for sure. It’s an interesting question! Maybe @benjedwards or @ShortFormErnie will have a better answer.

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          Ernie Smith Retweeted Marcin Wichary

          Part of it may be differing technology. Just as an example, the technology shown here is actually an early form of gas-plasma screen, the same kind used for the PLATO network.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/1173832201298792448 …

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          Marcin Wichary @mwichary
          Or this Owens-Illinois terminal (on the right) made things even more complicated. It was advertised as a “64×256 lines at 33.3 lines per inch” – but it’s 40×6 characters, it seems. pic.twitter.com/f6d2LBJkjV
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        1. Richard G. Clegg‏ @richardclegg 19 Sep 2019
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          I spent a lot of time in the early 80s programming on machines with TV output. It was as good quality as the later VDU displays I used in the late 80s. I can buy the "doesn't look professional" i guess.

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