25 Dec
2012
25 Dec
'12
9:15 p.m.
From: Martin Goldberg
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 8:51 PM
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Al Kossow <aek at
bitsavers.org> wrote:
> On 12/24/12 6:40 AM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. wrote:
>> Martin Goldberg asked:
>>> On a related note, is anyone here a grad
from U of Utah during that
>>> period or in contact with someone who was? I'm also trying to track
>>> down what mainframes/minis they had and what if any of them had xy
>>> displays.
> The device which was sold as the Evans and
Sutherland LDS-1 was the
> best known calligraphic display developed at the U of U. It was
> attached to a PDP-10.
Thanks Al, appreciate the response. As established,
that would of
course put it too far out of the period I was requesting though.
How so? I don't see a date in Al's response, and the PDP-10 was
introduced in 1967, so _prima facie_ you're in the right time frame.
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
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