Nostalgic Look at 1989 Facit A2400 Terminals and Pre-Internet Computing
By
jandeboevrie
Kettled twice. Extra chewy, extra trustworthy.
Summary
A nostalgic reflection on using Facit A2400 terminals in 1989, highlighting their positive display (black text on white background) as a welcome change from the era's standard green or amber on black displays. The article reminisces about the pre-internet era when printed manuals were standard equipment, contrasting with today's digital documentation practices.
Key quotes
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We "grew up" with green on black and, later at Nixdorf Computer AG, with amber on black
Young readers might be surprised we used to get printed manuals with our terminals
don't forget, the Web didn't exist then, and "download the manual as PDF" hadn't yet been invented
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