Tektronix 4107

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Thu Apr 13 01:58:13 2000

On April 13, Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip) wrote:
> This was a rather neat little graphics terminal (CRT). You could draw all
> sorts of shapes on the screen by issuing commands such as "Square
> 0,0,10,10" or "Line 4,4,20,20", etc.

  Cool!

> They were pretty exciting back in 1984 or so (when I first saw one), but
> probably long since outdone by VGA/SVGA graphics ...

  ...but since VGA/SVGA graphics are usually attached to PeeCees, I'd
take the 4107 any day. ;)

         -Dave McGuire
          Happy with 960 MFLOPS on an SGI Max Impact
          Unhappy with PCs
          ...and finally getting over this damned cold.
Received on Thu Apr 13 2000 - 01:58:13 BST