Later advances brought a monitor-and-keyboard combination called a video-display terminal, or VDT, but users still exchanged only text.
In a victory for Suffolk County employers, a state judge today struck down a county law that regulates the use of video-display terminals in the workplace.
The guidelines call for 15-minute breaks every two hours for those working at video-display terminals and eye examinations at least every two years.
Gregory was rolling a ballpoint pen between his hands as the data came up on the video-display terminal.
Over objections from business leaders, a sweeping measure aimed at protecting workers who use video-display terminals was passed today by the Suffolk County Legislature.
The athletes seem to view themselves as living counterparts of those odd, little figures that flit around video-display terminals.
Vast public purchases of undeveloped land and often innovative regulations like those recently imposed on plastic packaging and the use of video-display terminals are being questioned.
Most recently, regulations on how long workers can use video-display terminals without breaks became law.
"There has been a quantum leap in knowledge of video-display terminals and their potential health problems by the business community."
Suffolk County, L.I., enacted the nation's first law regulating the use of video-display terminals in the workplace.