Task A
Well I must say it was quiet refreshing to use a non-GUI interface. The speed at which you can navigate around the telnet version of the library database is so much faster then any web browser GUI version. Even with a highspeed broadband connection you just can’t get those same speeds when you introduce graphics to an interface.
I think that if I was to use the University library for a lot of searches I would consider using the telnet approach as you could save hours in time rather then waiting for the GUI versions to load.
Here is a screenshot of the email I recieved from the Library database:
Task B
It was interesting to watch the Blinkenlights Star Wars movie. I’m sure when Telnet was first created the creators would have thought that the new technology would be used in the creation of animation such as a Star Wars movie, however the work involved in creating even this short clip would have been enormous as each frame needs to be created individually. I’m sure George Lucas wasn’t expecting his movie to be turned into a Telnet animation when he first created it!
