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From: BERKERY@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com (Jack Berkery)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: unknown VT100 graphics-board
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Date: 8 Nov 90 16:34:54 GMT
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Organization: General Electric Corporate Research & Development
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The Digital Eng. Retro-Graphics boards were available for Lear Siegler and
VT-100 terminals to give them Tektronix 4014 type graphics. It was at a time
when a Tek 4014 cost about $10k US and the LS with an  R-G board was less
than $2000. We had a dozen terminals fitted with R-G boards for graphics
development at our desk and 2 Tek 4014'swith hard copy units in a central
terminal room. The resolution of the R-G on a VT-100 was rather poor but the
price was right. It gave us all graphics capability on the desk top when the
norm was to have to share the expensive devices.
Jack Berkery, Computer Scientist, GE Research, Schenectady NY