Talk:echoplex

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echoplex

I see a lot of noun uses, not matching this definition, but no verb uses. But I've only looked fairly cursorily.—msh210℠ 20:36, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

• I only know this as a noun from ancient computing. It is what we now take for granted when using a PC - when we hit a key, the character is displayed on a screen so we can check that we hit the right one. SemperBlotto 10:25, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

1. The computer sense, as a verb:
   • 1993: Uyless D. Black, Computer networks: protocols, standards, and interfaces, caption of an image on page 99

     Data placed in async. format, transmitted, and echoplexed.

2. The computer sense, possibly as a noun instead:
   • 1985: Martin D. Seyer, The IBM PC/XT: making the right connections, page 132

     The PC operator can then backspace and retype the character. The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.

   • 1988: Martin D. Seyer, Complete guide to RS232 and parallel connections, page 212

     When a terminal is connected to a computer port supporting echoplexing, the terminal will not locally display the character until it is received from the line.

3. The musical/echo sense, possibly as an adjective instead:
   • 2003: Peter Buckley, The rough guide to rock, page 1

     [...] like whales pirouetting to the tones of a string quartet in E, before Butcher's lush vocals swept in over Philip Glass motifs and an echoplexed bagpipe.

   • 2003: Rob Bowman, Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records, page 257

     William "Wee Gee" Howard takes the lead vocal and Dennis Coffey plays the heavily echoplexed guitar, while Johnny Allen [...]

These aren't coherent enough (ie, they don't all apply to the same sense and they possibly don't all apply to the same POS) to rfv-pass yet. — Beobach972 18:50, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Failing due to lack of conclusion. Looks like this should have an entry if someone does the legwork on it. - [The]DaveRoss 23:45, 1 February 2010 (UTC)