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Weirdest terminal ever.  Two users, two keyboards, but only one CRT tube, and used mirrors to divide the image into two "sides" -- one for each user, sitting on opposite sides of the device.   Dumbest design ever.

On Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 08:54:19 PM EDT, James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 3/20/24 5:30 PM, Don Brown via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
Installed 1 x 5151/12 and 6 x 5151/11 and 1 x 5256 printer on the 9th
floor of a building with no lifts back in the day AARRGGHHH!!!!!

Starting to think of the 5252. When a terminal with two "sides" had two
*literal* sides.

--
JHHL


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