Comments on: Over-the-phone computer data bank (Nov, 1979)

By: SSS

SSS — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:40:46 +0000

The Adm3a was the best damn terminal made. “Dumb” by some standards, you could stream data to it at 19,200baud and it wouldn’t hiccough – unlike later “smart” terminals. VT100, I’m talking about you. (Hell, the VT220 was even worse in terms of data rate)

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:43:43 +0000

‘Data bank’ – whatever happened to that term, eh?

By: Tracy B.

Tracy B. — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:48:37 +0000

I believe it was trademarked as “dumb terminal”

By: Casandro

Casandro — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:47:12 +0000

Yep, it is a ADM3A.

http://www.vintage-computer.com/otheritems.shtml

By: Torgo

Torgo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:27:55 +0000

If it asks you if you want to play a game, tell it “no!”

By: renan

renan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:15:57 +0000

BTW, the terminal on the picture looks much like an ADM3A. Anybody confirms?

By: Casandro

Casandro — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:34:53 +0000

Actually today that would be called a perfectly open system. You could use your equiment to connect to just about any competitor. It wasn’t _that_ innovative back then, a few years after that services like Minitel or BTX started.

By: Michael Patrick

Michael Patrick — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:52:23 +0000

This was what inspired Al Gore to invent the internet.

By: BrownBear

BrownBear — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:32:59 +0000

Interesting article. Here is a link to the Shetley 110mpg car mentioned in the article: http://www.time.com/time/magaz.....88,00.html