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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>glass tty</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="glass.html" title="glass"/><link rel="next" href="glassfet.html" title="glassfet"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">glass tty</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="glass.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="glassfet.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="glass-tty"/><dt xmlns="" id="glass-tty"><b>glass tty</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/glas T·T·Y/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/glas ti´tee/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [obs.] A terminal that has a display screen but which, because of
hardware or software limitations, behaves like a teletype or some other
printing terminal, thereby combining the disadvantages of both: like a
printing terminal, it can't do fancy display hacks, and like a display
terminal, it doesn't produce hard copy. An example is the early
&#8216;dumb&#8217; version of Lear-Siegler ADM 3 (without cursor control).
See <a href="../T/tube.html"><i class="glossterm">tube</i></a>, <a href="../T/tty.html"><i class="glossterm">tty</i></a>; compare
<a href="../D/dumb-terminal.html"><i class="glossterm">dumb terminal</i></a>. See <i class="citetitle"> <a href="../tv-typewriters.html" title="TV Typewriters: A Tale of Hackish Ingenuity">TV Typewriters</a></i> (Appendix A) for
an interesting true story about a glass tty.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="glass.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="glassfet.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">glass </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> glassfet</td></tr></table></div></body></html>