It’s pretty simple. Each character UNIVAC can share with you is accompanied by a simple lightbulb that would shine at the right moment.
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If it seems simplistic and inadequate, it was, even in 1951.
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Luckily at that time, and for a few decades later, people using computers who didn’t want to look at lightbulbs or spend a lot of $ for a flickering screen, had an alternative. At that time, and for a few decades later, the best computer display was still a nearby typewriter.pic.twitter.com/bAblFDLXv7
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In conclusion, if you’re interested in the history of displays, BUY MY BOOK ABOUT KEYBOARDS. But seriously, I found all of these in my research of keyboards, so I thought it’d be fun to share this parallel track!
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(It’s actually a bit sad how much of this relatively recent history is already gone – how many of those specialized computers survive today only in bad scans of old newspaper photos.)
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(And, if you’ve enjoyed it, you might enjoy the parallel thread called When Keyboards Were Desks: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens/issues/when-keyboards-were-desks-190598 …)
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Replying to @RobotTaylor @robotterror
Oooh, that’s a good one – do I remember it right that it had a small CRT and also a small (much less popular) matching LCD?
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I took the green screen little thingy to college with me in 1985 :) LIke thispic.twitter.com/BDCCwmupxq
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Replying to @RobotTaylor @robotterror
So cute! The other one was much more modern:pic.twitter.com/pwU81N2YMh
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(But also, with a very weird aspect ratio, it seems?)
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