19 Mar
2001
19 Mar
'01
2:46 p.m.
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Tom Uban wrote:
Does anyone know where I might still find a Plato
terminal of the UIUC
512x512 plasma display variety (not the later CDC implementation)? I
know that there were several models, but I don't recall the variations.
I can't help with the terminals themselves. However, I distinctly remember
using the plasma-screen terminals in the 1976 timeframe. These terminals
were about 3'x2'x3' in size and sported a pnumatically acutuated
microfiche reader.
IIRC, the CDC non-microfiche version of the terminal (which included
a touch-screen) appeared around 1979.
greg
Gregory Travis
Cornerstone Information Systems ATS
greg(a)ciswired.com
812 330 4361 ext. 18