Do any of these still exist?
From 1970 PDP-10 reference manual, part 7, pg. 631:
"346/ 340B PRECISION' INCREMENTAL CRT DIS-
PLAY: plots points, lines, vectors, and char-
acters on a 9 3/8 in. square raster of 1,024
points along each axis. 1 1/2 us is required per
point in vector, increment, and character
modes. Random point plotting rate of 35/is.
A 370 high-speed Light Pen is included.
342B CHARACTER GENERATOR for 346/ 340B
348/VR30 PRECISION POINT PLOTTING DISPLAY:
operates at a maximum plotting rate of 20 KC
or one' point every 50 ,ts on a 9% in. x 9%
in. display area. Number of addressable points
along each axis is 1024. A 370 high-speed
Light Pen is included. '
VP10 POINT PLOTIING DISPLAY CONTROL:
operates at either of two maximum' plotting
rates. Low rateis 10 KC (one point every
100 ns). High rate is 50 KC (one point every
20 Ms). Number of addressable points along
each axis is 1024. Control interfaces to. a cus-
tomer supplied oscilloscope (Tektronix Type
RM503 or equivalent) or to a CRT display.
370 HIGH SPEED LIGHT PEN: for use with
VPl0."
I'd never heard of there being graphics display peripherals. Looks
like these are storage tube technology based, even though the description
says "raster". I think here they just mean the addressable range of
points on the tube.
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