On 06/06/2014 08:19 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2014-06-06 16:57 (GMT-0700) Linda Walsh composed:
could someone explain what multi-user meant if there was no networking to enable multiusers to log into it?
You never used a mainframe or mini in the 60s or 70s? The CDC when I was in undergrad had terminals and printers all over campus, connected via serial ports. Each terminal allowed a login, either different users, or the same user multiple times. Same thing now, multiple vttys, several logins on same console via vts, all considered different users whether or not technically true, and still with option to connect seats via serial port connected terminals. Maybe a better term would have been multi-login, but what was is now.
Think: * Vt00 terminals, 80 columns, 24 lines, glowing green * RS-232 signalling at 9600 baud * DB9 * DB25 shells Somewhere in the basement is a box of those cables, gender benders, break-out boxes and more. Heck, we also had that technology on the V6 and V7 UNIX on the PDP-11 machines. Mostly we used Wyse 50 and 60 terminals 'cos they were cheap. No networking on the old PDP-11 machines. -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML Mail / \ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org