I started programming in college on VT100s connected to a VAX-11/780. 15 minutes for a Pascal program to compile if the lab was busy. And after 3 hours typing on that sprung keyboard your hands *knew* they'd been typing.
Its not running at 38400bps because early modems would transmit 1 bit per baud, so a 300 baud modem would transmit 300 bits per second. This was slower than the speed of an average human typing, which explains the performance you noticed on the screen when the information was being displayed.
I started programming in college on VT100s connected to a VAX-11/780. 15 minutes for a Pascal program to compile if the lab was busy. And after 3 hours typing on that sprung keyboard your hands *knew* they'd been typing.
My first job was with DEC. 13 years of my life, and the best.
I love that key tapping sound. So lovely...
I used a VT100, off a VAX 11/780, back in 1983. The numberpad, if memory serves me, had 'function' keys for EDT.
They were a huge improvement on the VT52, which sucked, the VT100 does trigger nostalgia for me too, using them with PDP-11s then VAXes
The DCE VT 100 terminal, notoriously linked to the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine's fatal malfunction due to faulty programming code."
Super!
Great, I've done similar in the past with my adds regent 25 :o)
Adds terminals sucked
Can I use a few seconds of your footage in a video presentation that I'm making?
Why is it so slow if it runs at 38400 bauds?
Its not running at 38400bps because early modems would transmit 1 bit per baud, so a 300 baud modem would transmit 300 bits per second.
This was slower than the speed of an average human typing, which explains the performance you noticed on the screen when the information was being displayed.