A HP 1300A 13" XY Display (S/N 921-00913).
This is the Product that Dave Packard gave the "HP Medal of Defiance" to Chuck
House for (see his excellent book " The HP Phenomenon: Innovation and Business
Transformation"). In Chucks own words:
" The new applications for this display box were compelling. It became the first
commercially available computer graphics CRT. Beyond Alan Kay?s ?personal computer?, Doug
Engelbart bought one to experiment in the first demonstrated computer network in the
famous ?Mother of All Demos?. It won a Hollywood Oscar for technical screen graphics, it
was the surgery room display for Dr. Norman DeBakey?s first artificial heart transplant,
and it was the basis for the TV space video of Neil Armstrong?s foot landing on the moon
July 20, 1969. Seventeen thousand large-screen display units ultimately sold, for
thirty-five million dollars. Development costs were a pittance, less than three hundred
thousand dollars. Profits were in excess of six million dollars."
Kind regards,
Gottfried
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Gottfried Specht | Gottfried at
specht-online.com | +49 211 151695?+49 151 2911 2915
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Von: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org] Im Auftrag von Andy Cloud
Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. Januar 2017 23:10
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Betreff: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?
Hi Everyone!
I thought this would be an interesting question to ask around - What's the rarest or
most unusual computer-related item do you own?
For me, personally, I have a Altair 8800!
Looking forward to hearing your answers
_Andy