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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers What is your favorite terminal? Post 302944947 by drl on Sunday 24th of May 2015 08:25:57 AM
Old 05-24-2015
Hi.

I interpret terminal as anything through which I can communicate with a computer, so it might be hardware, but these days it's usually some software package, driving a dumb screen and keyboard, often with a mouse, from the box to which it is attached, so software counts for a lot in that instance.

As with most people, my favorite changed as time went on, First, the convenience of a TTY33, then the smoothness of the TI Silent 700. However, having a CRT was usually superior, so the Heathkit H19 was best for a period. I think I have used a Tektronix 4014, but not for an extended period. The Illinois / CDC Plato terminal was nearly unbelievable at the time. An electric typewriter was used as the console human-I/O device for the CDC 1604 -- very low-speed IO. A similar device (possibly an IBM Selectric) was used for coding in APL (it had a changeable typeball). A special piece of hardware featuring 2 large programmable CRTs was the console for the CDC 6000 series. For development work (typically on weekends) we would sometimes use that console as a terminal. I'm sure there were others -- would a keypunch count? -- but I think I am digressing ( as well as showing my age Smilie )

Now I use whatever is around that *nix provides, Konsole, Terminal, xterm, eterm (but not so much the X-Window driving [eg]macs).

Best wishes ... cheers, drl

APL (programming language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

PLATO (computer system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

IBM Selectric typewriter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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dialups(4)							   File Formats 							dialups(4)

NAME
dialups - list of terminal devices requiring a dial-up password SYNOPSIS
/etc/dialups DESCRIPTION
dialups is an ASCII file which contains a list of terminal devices that require a dial-up password. A dial-up password is an additional password required of users who access the computer through a modem or dial-up port. The correct password must be entered before the user is granted access to the computer. The set of ports that require a dial-up password are listed in the dialups file. Each entry in the dialups file is a single line of the form: terminal-device where terminal-device The full path name of the terminal device that will require a dial-up password for users accessing the computer through a modem or dial-up port. The dialups file should be owned by the root user and the root group. The file should have read and write permissions for the owner (root) only. EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample dialups file. Here is a sample dialups file: /dev/term/a /dev/term/b /dev/term/c FILES
/etc/d_passwd dial-up password file /etc/dialups list of dial-up ports requiring dial-up passwords SEE ALSO
d_passwd(4) SunOS 5.10 4 May 1994 dialups(4)
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