| 11. | "I'm trying to get on the Internet but I can't get my dumb terminal to work,"
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| 12. | Detwiler does not accept IBM XTs, Apple IIs, nonworking monitors or keyboards, dumb terminals or mainframes.
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| 13. | This also meant that devices with no processor, like dumb terminals, could enjoy an error-free link.
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| 14. | Dumb terminals are those that can interpret a limited number of control codes ( ANSI escape sequences.
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| 15. | A dumb terminal connected to the first serial port then became an inexpensive diskless word processing station.
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| 16. | In that arrangement, users sat in front of so-called dumb terminals connected to a mini or mainframe.
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| 17. | Its'Dumb Terminal'nickname came from some of the original trade publication ads, and quickly caught on industry wide.
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| 18. | Since these dumb terminals did not host software or perform computations themselves, they were not considered hosts.
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| 19. | This configuration of a centralized computer or mainframe with remote dumb terminals remained popular throughout the 1950s.
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| 20. | The original purpose was to connect low-speed dumb terminals to a central time sharing host in Toronto.
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