VAX graphics

In article <4B7A01C6.2000404 at bitsavers.org>, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> writes: Yes, even in 1986 I would expect a memory mapped frame buffer to a VAX to get updated faster than that. So that does point to a serial line terminal. In the mid 80s, there were many people making these, but by the end of the 80s serial terminals were almost dead. X terminals revived the terminal concept for a while, but as PCs got cheaper and cheaper it just made sense to give everybody their own dumb frame buffer capable machine/workstation. In the 90s the 3D hardware pipelines started becoming more affordable and of course the GPU explosion in the "oughts" has just made silly amounts of processing power available for very little money. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>