Solved Hightech in 1974 - when console and terminal were the same

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Here is a link to a cutout from 70's very famous TV-Series Kojak
Which I would recommend at this point (available at your trusted DVD-Dealer for app. 70,-):
Besides a lot of Telly Savalas' charme and a lot of the 1970's flavour (including fuel saving cars, unstrained fur waering, easy garbage disposal... ? ) the series is just a very good TV series.

The scene shows Kojak consulting a computer's technicians (maybe root, because she gives orders to somebody else) about some data for a case.
The real computer (CPU) cannot be seen, but you can see the storage (tapes - #dd if=... of=..) and the terminal.
It's a Friden Flexowriter Model 2201
Those were the times when only universities, bigger companies and the military could afford the first monitors for their bigger machines.
Today one can imagine a sign would be placed above:
"First consult the ringbinders before type any man command!" ?

Also, if you ever wondered why there is Char 07 "Bel" in the first 8bit ASCII Code table, just listen :cool:

The last punchline is still up to date.
50 years of computer and internet evolution, let us stay with the same problem:
You get many informations, but not what you actually really wanted to know. ?

terminal in Kojak S2E11 A Killing in the Second House USA1974
 
DAMNED. I can. (If it wouldn't be blocked by copyright, maybe some more people would have bought the DVD-box...)
Well then I only could provide a screenshot.
 

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I'm old enough to remember Kojak being aired on TV. Even here in the Netherlands :D

Those are indeed the tape drives (the picture) and the teletype in between. And a couple more teletypes just behind Telly.
 
Try the link again - it may work now
 
...nah, I'm in switzterland and have a german google account...
I thought/tried google may only check the file name and description, but it seems they actually use picture recognition to detect copyright stuff... sad, it's more a kind of a historical document to see this electomechanical dinosaur in action...
 
Come visit the Computer History Museum, and watch the IBM 1401 in action, live. I think it is turned on every Saturday morning and Wednesday afternoon. Easy to find, right in the center of Silicon Valley at the Shoreline exit from Highway 101 (the main Mountain View exit). Disclaimer: A friend (and former manager) is the manager of the restoration project there.
 
About the headline, the console of my server is on the serial line, so accessing it means using a serial terminal.

Except for the fact that terminal isn't dedicated hardware any more, I'm not sure what actually changed ?
 
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