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venusenvy47 on March 31, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: The average college student today

Was it this system? I used these terminals at U of Illinois in the late 80's, but I only remember using them to take my physics tests. I don't remember ever using them for studying or interactive learning.

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acomjean on April 1, 2025 [–]

They were more beige terminals. For us it was just reviewing material, tests were fill in the dot..(scantron)

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