Eighth Edition and job control (was Re: UNIX Futures)

[Tim Smith]

In article <1114 at psivax.UUCP> friesen at psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) writes:
>>
>>Anyone care to predict how long the dumb terminal will last?  Unless
>>it is real cheap ( i.e., almost free ), I can't see any reason to get
>>one when for maybe twice as much I can get a computer and run a terminal
>>emulator.
>
>       They will last until the price of a BLIT or 5620 is < $1000,
>since that is what it will take for less rich firms to start buying
>them for ordinary users. Really $3000 is *not* cheap!

Have you seen the 1040ST?  Price < $1000, and it should be able to be
turned into a quite nice terminal.
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