Re: PDP-8...did it have a CRT display?
From: Al Kossow (aek_at_spies.com)
Date: 12/19/03
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:20:46 -0800 (PST)
>From article <qhn09pbk33.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com>, by Eric Smith <eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com>:
> cdl@deeptow.ucsd.edu (Carl Lowenstein) writes:
>> Note that the DECUS logo is a stylized drawing of the 338 display.
> No, the DECUS logo predates the 338 by at least three years. It's a stylized
> drawing of the Type 30 Precision CRT Display first used with the PDP-1.
>
> Perhaps the 338 used a later model of the Type 30, such as the Type 30E.
The tube is integrated into the rack in the 300 series.
see:
http://lhasa.harvard.edu/?page=gallery.htm
The 338/339/340's are stroke generators, and needed an analog
interface.
The Type 30 has D/As in the desk, and has a digital interface.
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