Subj : Re: Amber or Green (was 286s)
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Skylar
Date : Sat Apr 20 2024 07:32 pm

  Re: Re: Amber or Green (was 286s)
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Skylar on Sat Apr 20 2024 11:47 am

 > San Francisco State University. This was early on, mid-80s. No internet
 > (yet).

I started using UALR's VAX in 1986. UALR got on BITNET in 1988, I think, and then was the second university in the state to get Internet in 1990.

 > Lots of those ADM3a terminals in 3 computer labs.

In the mid-to-late 80s, UALR had two computer labs for VAX access with VT220 terminals. Their VAX was a cluster of four 11/780s.

 > 4 hardwired ports and 6 ports hooked up to a dial-up port selector.

Yikes. There were VT220 terminals all over UALR, as the system was used for both administrative work and academic classes. I want to say there are 24 modems, although I my memory could be way off. There were certainly more than 6. Those same phone lines/modems were used to access the BBS, although the BBS could only be accessed on one of the trunk lines.

I'm thinking three phone numbers and each one connected to eight modems. Maybe someone with more telecom knowledge than I can set me straight. Because I don't know much more than how to run a 4-wire RJ45 through my house. :)

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