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@cstross @hittitezombie @revk @neil In 1991, I happily tended the VAX in the chilled server room, in part because I was able to use the blisteringly-fast 9600 bps console terminal instead of the 2400 bps terminals elsewhere that I had to use the rest of the time. Got a lot done, both ways!

(They conserved money in the form of wire and VAX ports, by 4:1 multiplexing four 2400 bps RS-232 VT-102s onto a single 9600 bps RS-422 with custom hardware, and demuxed with modified drivers on the VAX; thus the 2400 bps limitation when not at the console terminal.)