From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dquebbeman(a)acm.org>
The Hazeltine 2000 is a 1972-era computer terminal. It
used core
memory, but did not have a microprocesor, and therefore, no
software.
So at least the Hazeltine did it in hardware.
As did the VT52 and a slew of others.
When you'd turn it back on, it usually lost some
bits, but you
would always bring up the last screen that had been displayed,
if someone didn't explicitly clear it. Not the kind of terminal
to use in secure installtions...
Later ones had a power on circuit to effectively punch the clear button.
Allison