Instead, you can use so-called dumb terminals that cost much less, hooked into both memory and software away from your site.
All of the network's resources can be accessed using a dumb terminal.
Instead, he views the network computer mainly as a gradual replacement for the company's 15,000 "dumb terminals."
Our desks are just dumb terminals and we never get to see anybody else log on so it's not like I can capture another identity.
It looked like a dumb terminal, which meant it probably didn't have access to much, but it was worth a try anyway.
EVE's best use is with a network on a dumb terminal.
They actually don't spend too much time looking at the screen, they're actually using dumb terminals to enter data very quickly.
It was connected to the main computer down the hall, but it wasn't a dumb terminal.
The 300 model of 1985 was a floor-standing chassis using dumb terminals, and sold for about $20,000.
These dumb terminals were clients of the time-sharing mainframe computer.
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