18 Aug
2001
18 Aug
'01
2:55 a.m.
[jeopardectomy performed]
Bob Shannon wrote:
Chuck McManis wrote:
What year? Which of the four questions does this answer?
Lets define a TERMINAL to be a cathode ray tube that displays
characters and a keyboard input unit that communicates through
a serial channel (can be coax, RS-232, current loop, etc.)
1) What was the first example of a TERMINAL (See above)?
2) When was a processor (micro, bit-slice, whatever) first
DEDICATED to operating a terminal?
3) What is the first terminal that could manipulate its own
buffer memory in response to a "control" code?
4) What is the first terminal that could display graphics and
text? (either alternately or simultaneously)
I'll bet on the Imlac PDS-1.