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In article <GRUNWALD.89Mar27224353@flute.cs.uiuc.edu> grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>While Henry Spencer is correct in stating that the Blit software was
>responsive, I'll bet you ducks to donkeys that:
>
>	+ it only runs on Blits

True, although there are three different pieces of hardware that come under
that generic term (the original Bell Labs one, the 5620, and the 630).

>	+ it can't run over a network, like X

What precisely do you mean, "over a network"?  If you mean, with the
graphic interaction remote from the application process, that is *exactly*
how Blits work, necessarily so, because the Blit is a terminal and is not
capable of running the application code.

>	+ it probably didn't handle color

No, although there's no fundamental reason why it couldn't have.  One of
the fundamental costs of color is more bits to push around; this is a good
reason to avoid it if you don't need it.

>	+ it's not used anymore

It's in daily use in many places, although it is not as ubiquitous as X.
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