Re: PDP-8...did it have a CRT display?
From: Carl Lowenstein (cdl_at_deeptow.ucsd.edu)
Date: 12/14/03
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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:56:06 +0000 (UTC)
In article <bribn5$goi$1@spies.com>, Al Kossow <aek@spies.com> wrote:
>> Paul Allen Panks <panks@sdf.lonestar.org> writes:
>>> I seem to recall that the DEC PDP-8 offered a CRT display (such as the
>>> VR14 used by the DEC GT40).
>
>The DEC 338 (and 339 for 18-bit systems) are display list vector
>generators. Bell mentions in "Computer Engineering" that the 338
>was more complicated than the PDP-8 that contolled it.
Note that the DECUS logo is a stylized drawing of the 338 display.
carl
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