3 Feb
2012
3 Feb
'12
10:57 p.m.
On 2012 Feb 3, at 11:28 AM, Richard wrote:
In article <4F2BC137.17510.719B11 at
cclist.sydex.com>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
> On 3 Feb 2012 at 11:40, Richard wrote:
>> I saw something on someone's web site the other day claiming that
>> the
>> Tektronix 4027 was the first commercially available color raster
>> graphics terminal. The 4027 first appears in the 1979 Tektronix
>> catalog.
>>
>> I know there were vector based systems that were displaying color
>> before that, but the question here is about raster based systems
>> (i.e.
>> pixel, not vector based).
>>
>> So the question becomes: was anyone else selling a raster color
>> graphics terminal before Tektronix in 1979?
There was the COMTAL image processor/display around 1974.
It's a little more than just a simple display but it was intended as
an IO device to hang off a mini or mainframe.
Mentioned in here:
http://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/baumanpr/geosat2/RS%20History%20II/
RS-History-Part-2.html
A brochure with some architectural description:
http://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/companies.php?alpha=a-
c&company=com-4374ca1b5a4a0
I remember playing with one in 1980.