Re: use of "Dumb Terminals" in XP?

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Well, apart from the total inability of the PC to encode the data
signals into any meaningful order, or the lack of processing power of
the terminal to do anything other than form a full screen synchonised
raster and turn keystrokes into binary ASCII.

Its a lack of protocaol and common language. Niether end knows what the
other end is talking about.


Jeff Wrote:
> Actually - maybe I am wrong - but the answer that made the most sense to
> me
> is the Wyse dumb terminal's inability to handle graphics. So it cannot
> handle graphic interfaces in OSs that depend on them like Windows.
>
> The lack of a PC motherboard in the terminal should not be a
> determining
> factor because it does not prevent the dumb terminal from being used
> for
> text interface OSs like Unix. There should be no reason why all the
> processing could not be handled by the host PC with the terminal
> functioning
> as a second monitor and second keyboard.
>
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> > Basically, they have no motherboard as we know it. All the control
> > signals are generated by the mainframe at the other end. A PC has a
> > motherboard to do the job. Its like saying 'Why cant I tow my Caravan
> > with my Trailer' ? The answer is, 'because its hasnt got an engine'
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