And here I've always thought of you as a pessimist who would have called it 'Half Empty ST'...
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 9:17 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Yep. > > And, it was not appreciated when I suggested an interim release between > the MT/ST emulator and "Full-ST" to be called "Half Full ST" > > > On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, grif...@mindspring.com wrote: > > > Scope Creep.. no telling how many projects died in stalled development. > > > > On Jul 30, 2021 16:36, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > wrote: > > > > On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > > Not really--it's very old technology, (1964), of limited > > capacity (about > > > 20 KB per tape), was a hideously expensive way to buy a > > typewriter > > > (about USD$7000 in 1964, or about USD$61,000 today), used > > almost > > > exclusively in large corporate offices to create form > > letters and > > > documents. In other words, it was not intended as an > > archival medium. > > > The effort required in preparing a document was > > considerable (one used > > > the mini-keypad for various functions). For a memo, it was > > easiest to > > > use the typewriter as a typewriter. > > > There are more interesting things to look at. > > > > Well, form letters are "important". > > But, once microcomputer word processing matured, they could > > be done easily > > and much better. > > > > An acquaintance was working on creating an emulation of the > > MT/ST, as a > > way for those who were familiar with the MT/ST and/or > > actually liked it, > > to be able to continue unchanged on a microcomputer. > > > > But, then he started adding features. Besides delaying the > > completion > > until it was no longer relevant, it was suggested that he > > change the name > > from "MT/ST" (pronounced "empty ST") to "FULL ST". >