Tektronix 4107

From: Shawn T. Rutledge <rutledge_at_cx47646-a.phnx1.az.home.com>
Date: Thu Apr 13 01:58:14 2000

On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 12:56:58AM -0500, 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.
>
> They were pretty exciting back in 1984 or so (when I first saw one), but
> probably long since outdone by VGA/SVGA graphics ...

I've wondered what happened to those... or the specs on the graphics
language... wondered if it'd be a good lightweight substitute for X on
older equipment.

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