Re: PDP-8...did it have a CRT display?

From: David Evans (dfevans_at_bcr10.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: 12/15/03 

Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 01:55:39 +0000 (UTC)

In article <350qtvssi292ercqkv0d4no8esov45brm3@4ax.com>,
Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca> wrote:
>On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:16:32 -0800 (PST) in alt.folklore.computers,
>aek@spies.com (Al Kossow) wrote:
>
>>> Note that the DECUS logo is a stylized drawing of the 338 display.
>>
>>It's actually the Type 30 point-plot display, contemporary with
>>the founding of DECUS.
>
>IIRC from the DECUS site, it's actually an (only somewhat) stylized
>version of the original PDP-1 display.

  It certainly *looks* loke the PDP-1 display:

http://gallery.brouhaha.com/pdp1-20031029/img_4246 

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