Reply to post: Re: Green screens were great!

Terminal downgrade saves the day after a client/server heist

Prst. V.Jeltz Silver badge

Re: Green screens were great!

I think he meant back in the day the screen was all you had - terminal / thin client etc

No "base unit" to rebuild (or hard drive as the users call the box bit)

so you could get another , no configuring , log back on the mainframe.

...unlike when your win pc goes into an unstoppable loop of not completing an update

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