From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 12306 invoked from network); 10 Mar 2023 01:45:11 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Mar 2023 01:45:11 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8543413B6; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:45:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96302413B1 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:45:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05B265C016D; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 20:45:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 09 Mar 2023 20:45:03 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=serissa.com; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t= 1678412703; x=1678499103; bh=z2aElBwQl3V5pyj83JdNPuKMgPWQn1X75NZ 36L2eA3E=; b=LWJpIXHW3Xkz2hi59rIBE7FwlIIrrWylauDNXdIbT8SGlGKJcvE Pkm5liUTSZUvCtcio8LrQnCTkMQqMXYXeGbkPqCxKWzeKjyEZuGKBaEbXOALzN1S jZj5nAjsFQr1EzcN5rG6jw8kuUtwwEJ7X3qf0AoaOH1ulfPY0v2tF4kfoXdJpFrj qkJTQKNrgRkKeEbuZbUSRaGoB4TQArEkD5Ha3cTrRKBIfad968IhtA3hLxUqAo7E V9chljz8yKdJpQEs0aTG3WtT15XQRPgm+QEgwzxBq7mRpM51IQOe87ATsjmFdmcy 1uhGhIay6UBn330evTm0778seyRBEVme1tA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; t= 1678412703; x=1678499103; bh=z2aElBwQl3V5pyj83JdNPuKMgPWQn1X75NZ 36L2eA3E=; b=P4vkQxbaHWehhqX3pnAwXLuNmV7gYKw3IHP9W0+a5LmGzZQhL2U yRtRLDzT/vY2yDa2xKgPPu1+F0zU2t+DpwH+iWEklTM6NlZ3bsffaYU8jtIZobYT f0S69F6Z+eEaR9OTrA5nZCHI3S0C2uVMbo41fe8U2jGVOn4rG1kr7sJEB6704k5X fgipDqsNkjTeu0J+3HB28WIt4cz/yzuVTPvptC2d1ZPMehWGiq3JzBM4FGiLEWhR FPCRFSceCc/BlWo3D2f6fFFyoKLv3eWlHB8WaK2bw3em1LdBltKCxIYPuI/bBg/g xfuGfrIJZpnDYw8CRDDSqKtexVQCsMI3UbQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrvddujedgfeejucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurheptggguffhjgffvefgkfhfvffosehtqhhmtdhhtdejnecuhfhrohhmpefnrgif rhgvnhgtvgcuufhtvgifrghrthcuoehsthgvfigrrhhtsehsvghrihhsshgrrdgtohhmqe enucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeelvedtffeludekgfevuddtleeihfetgeffteevgfejheek feehiedugfdvffeigfenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrih hlfhhrohhmpehsthgvfigrrhhtsehsvghrihhsshgrrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: ibf61458d:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 20:45:02 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.400.51.1.1\)) From: Lawrence Stewart In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 20:44:52 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <92F13B52-ABCD-4EBD-8472-66F21A745244@serissa.com> References: <20230305185202.91B7B18C08D@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <7w7cvr4x36.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> To: Noel Chiappa X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.400.51.1.1) Message-ID-Hash: 4H5LEXF3VAWR6NPWIQH4Q2OTENTJHD7V X-Message-ID-Hash: 4H5LEXF3VAWR6NPWIQH4Q2OTENTJHD7V X-MailFrom: stewart@serissa.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Origins of the frame buffer device List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Noel Chiappa wrote: >>>> The first frame buffers from Evans and Sutherland were at = University >>>> of Utah, DOD SITES and NYIT CGL as I recall. Circa 1974 to 1978. >>>=20 Other historical datapoints: I was at MIT =E2=80=9972-=E2=80=9976 in the Architecture Machine Group = (mostly because I was intimidated by the reception desk at LCS). There were a series of frame buffers during that time, including an = 8-bit color mapped one I built in early 1976 for a senior thesis (a = color printer). =20 I don=E2=80=99t think anyone used them for programming or a GUI. = Instead they were image output devices. Programming was mostly Imlacs = or Tek or ASR33s or IBM 2741s. The weirdest display was somehow we had a wacky prototype 24-bit machine = with a vector display. One of the scientists loaded a series of short = vectors to turn it into a 128x128 raster display. The thing filled 3 or = 4 racks. -L