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Re: [SLE] early vi -- ed -- edlin
- From: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:28:55 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <XFMail.051111212958.Ted.Harding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 11-Nov-05 James Knott wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>
> .
>> it was interesting that when the PC came out, it really had no
>> support for color or any of the more interesting stuff that its
>> competitors, like Apple, had. I think IBM had the view of the drab
>> corporate desktop where noone wanted color or graphics.
>
> The original PC supported colour. Green IIRC. ;-)
As anyone who used cathode-ray oscilloscopes back on the 60s
knows, that colour was due to the green electrons.
Best wishes,
Ted.
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> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>
> .
>> it was interesting that when the PC came out, it really had no
>> support for color or any of the more interesting stuff that its
>> competitors, like Apple, had. I think IBM had the view of the drab
>> corporate desktop where noone wanted color or graphics.
>
> The original PC supported colour. Green IIRC. ;-)
As anyone who used cathode-ray oscilloscopes back on the 60s
knows, that colour was due to the green electrons.
Best wishes,
Ted.
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Date: 11-Nov-05 Time: 21:29:52
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