Hearns, John wrote:
So it might be that the 'multi-seat' is really a GUI version of what we were doing with PDP-11s back in the 70s and 80s, that is having many terminal plugged in to one box and many people logged in simultaneously and making use of the multi-processing and process separation capabilities of UNIX.
Back in the late '70s, early 80's, I worked on a system running on a Data General Nova 800 with a couple of dozen users. It sure wasn't Unix or even RDOS that they were running. It was a custom system that ran only one application. It was used for sending telegrams. In addition to the operators, sitting in front of terminals, there were also several Telex lines connected for incoming traffic from that network. The system could also support up to two remote sites, with up to 4 terminals each. This computer then sent the telegrams, via several 75 b/s Baudot serial lines to the main computer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org