> -----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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