CRT displays [was: computer graphics in the 1950s]

22 Oct 2008

...
   vector representation and *that* is sent to the
monitor.  Monitors
don't eat characters as input.    
 Not unless they are a Charactron [...]  
 ...which is not a monitor, so no characters are not sent to monitors. 
You can, of course, use words to mean what you like, but it helps if we 
all know that definition. So could you please tell us what you mean by 
(video) monitor [1], what inputs it may have, and so on.

[1] I put the 'video' in to avoid discussion of monitor programs, and the 
like.

And what do you call the HP98780? 

-tony

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CRT displays [was: computer graphics in the 1950s]