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Johnson, Tracy
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Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:10:11 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> Tracy, on the edge of recanting, writes:
> 
> > O.K. When I find HP "smart" terminal regularly
> >  used in the context of an HP2645A HP2647, HP2622B,
> >  HP2626W, HP2624A or B HP2382, HP2392, HP150,
> >  HP700/92, HP700/94, or HP700/96, ...
> >  
> >  I'll recant.  Until then, I'll call them
> >  "dumb" terminals to my heart's content.
> 
> The problem is that HP didn't call them "smart terminals." 
> Rather they called 
> the HP2645 an "intelligent terminal". 
> 
> You can see this designation in an image of a PowerPoint 
> slide I just put up 
> on one of our auxiliary web servers:
> 
>      http://67.41.4.238/qcforms004.jpg
> 
> Wirt Atmar
> 

Yes, but they're generally not called that anymore, are they?
For that matter, has anyone outside of HP marketing and Sales
nominally given them a positive adjective regarding their 
degree of intelligence?

(One more nit-pick and I'll have to concede, won't I?)

BT


Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

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