16 Aug
2001
16 Aug
'01
8:27 p.m.
Re:
So here are some specific questions that might be
interesting to answer:
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)
5) what was the first terminal to have memory "above" the screen?
(I.e., some number of lines could scroll off the top, but could still
be scrolled back later)
(Probably HP 2640A)
6) what was first terminal with user-installable option cards?
(Probably HP 2640A)
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