Reply to post: Re: so, a 'Network Computer'?

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Stuart Castle Silver badge

Re: so, a 'Network Computer'?

You bet there is Prior art.

People were using dumb terminals hooked up to mainframes (which is essentially what this is, but with prettier graphics) back in the 60s. For instance, a lot of IBM customers were using IBM 2260s in 1964.

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