7 Jul
2003
7 Jul
'03
9:47 a.m.
I finished taking one apart that had an embedded HP 1000 computer in it.
The thing was HUGE! The tablet was about 6 by 8 FEET. IIRC it was made by
Giesler Scientific and it used a high resolution Advin color monitor. I'm
not sure but I think it dated from about 1974.
Joe
At 08:03 PM 7/7/03 +0100, you wrote:
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Might anyone know where one exists? How about
similar products prior to
December 1979? When was the first digitizing tablet invented?
I have in front of me a manual for a Ferranti digitiser. It was about
A0 in size (4 feet by 5 feet approx) with a crosshair "puck". Some
of the documents refer to the digitiser as a "Bendix", but I don't
know why.
The dates on the schematics are 1970.
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John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk