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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
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Subject: Re: Wireless keyboard, wall screen, etc.
Keywords: gasplasma screens, computing environments
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Date: 27 Dec 88 06:39:19 GMT
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In article <8506@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> kenchin@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Ken H. Chin) writes:
>The IBM terminals with gas plasma screens were large enough to display
>four login sessions at one time.  But the BIG disadvantage, is their
>lack of a brightness control.  It was impossible to use one near
>a window without the sun washing out the screen. The red color of the
>display was also somewhat irritating.

(What do you mean, "were" ?  }-)  We have one of these here at the
Computing Center. It's in a device IBM calls a 3290, sort of a glorified
3270. I believe you can actually partition the display into 8 or 16
rectangular regions for separate sessions.

It's sitting in an office away from windows, so sunlight isn't a problem.
However, it seems to have an incredibly slow draw/refresh rate, which can
get you into trouble when a lot of text starts scrolling in...

It must be about a 19" display. Ok, but I'm glad I have a real bit-mapped
display on my desktop...
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