CRT terminals extend well back into the mid 60s. Bunker-Ramo, in
particular had some very advanced units; e.g., the 213. While
looking for some photos of the 213 and the 203, I ran across this
document from 1967 that describes an online data retrieval system
using what looks like a 213:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19670030754_1967030
754.pdf
This was a great read from a historical
standpoint.
According to the text, the system used Bunker-Ramo Teleregister Model
203 display stations with a "full alphanumeric keyboard, a bank of
function keys, and a CRT screen on which twelve lines of 32 characters
each may be presented". Was the photo of a 203?
Were the characters on these terminals stroke generated, or raster? It
seems that a lot of early character displays were either stroke
generated, or used charactron(sp?) tubes (electron beam first directed
through a mask with character stencils, then deflected to the correct
position on the screen), with raster coming later.
I knew Bunker Ramo made terminals, but had no idea how early some of
them were made.
Rick Bensene