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Originally Posted by jggimi
I used a 4014 ... It was blindingly fast, and worked well for graphic display.
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That they were, but pretty miserable for text. Each character had to be drawn individually by vectors. Let's say they weren't particularly aesthetic.
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The first diskette I ever saw was in 1975, an 8" model used to program an IBM 2880 storage control unit.
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Those actually worked pretty well. Mine were IBM 3740 format, so somewhat newer. The early 5.25 drives were just awful.
Regarding your other comments, I did not see some of that personally. But the general message that computers had their quirks in those days certainly is right.