Re: 2 VDU's but Just a Single Mac

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 00:00

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Simon Slavin <slavins.at.hearsay.demon.co.uk@localhost> wrote:

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> I would like to take this opportunity to scream very loud
>                       "VDUs ARE NOT MONITORS !"
> 
> VDU are Visual Display Units.  They have screens and keyboards and
> communicate with a computer through a serial connection.  They're
> used as terminals for minis and mainframes.

Hmmm.....  I always thought that a VDU was part of the terminal, which
included terminal hardware, keyboard, etc.

Rowland.

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Subject: Re: 2 VDU's but Just a Single Mac
Date: 1998/02/24
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