an odd question

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Thu Aug 16 18:34:28 2001

> All here with Mike seems correct. I think that
> the use of control codes was probably not a DEC
> invention though, unless DEC invented the video
> era (post teletype) terminal...
>
> Which leads to this question. Anybody know who
> invented the video terminal?
>

Impossible to answer unless you define the question much more precisely.
For example, what is a video terminal? A video tube version of a
printing terminal, with no cursor positioning? Or is it the first
cursor positioning in a stand alone terminal? etc, etc.

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Thu Aug 16 2001 - 18:34:28 BST