19 Apr
2006
19 Apr
'06
5:43 a.m.
At 10:45 PM 4/18/06 -0600, you wrote:
OK, what's the earliest graphics display system
held by any of you
collectors?
"graphics display system" is anything that creates a graphics image
with a display: calligraphic, storage tube, plasma, raster, etc.
Block character graphics don't count (or I would include my Commodore
CBM 8032 and all the stupid terminals :).
My timeline goes like this, based on year introduced:
196?: Evans & Sutherland PS-300 terminal
Speaking of Evans & Sutherland, I was out scrounging a couple of weeks
ago and I found one of their keyboards. I know their stuff is scarce so I
picked it up and brought it home with me. I don't know what it's for and I
didn't see any other E&S stuff. Anybody want it?
Joe
197?: Tektronix 4010 terminal
1974: Tektronix 4014 terminal
1977: Hewlett-Packard 2648A terminal
Hewlett-Packard 1350A graphics translator
1979: Atari 800 microcomputer
1981: IBM PC CGA microcomputer
1983: Televideo TS-803 microcomputer
1984: Megatek Whizzard 1645 terminal
Diser Eve workstation
1984?: Tektronix 4105 terminal
1985: Sun 3/110 workstation
1986: Hewlett-Packard 2397A terminal
1988: NCD 14p X terminal
1989: Evans & Sutherland ESV workstation
1991: Evans & Sutherland Freedom accelerator
1993: SGI Indigo^2 workstation
[]? - I don't know for certain, can you fill in the year?
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