[Simh] Graphics Terminals and Graphic System Phototypesetters

[Christian Gauger-Cosgrove]

Whoops; I accidentally sent this message to only Mr. Koning. I meant
to send this to the entire group as it is has some pretty interesting
stuff.

Regards,
Christian
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From: Christian Gauger-Cosgrove <captainkirk359 at gmail.com>
Date: 11 December 2015 at 04:13
Subject: Re: [Simh] Graphics Terminals and Graphic System Phototypesetters
To: Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net>


On 10 December 2015 at 12:14, Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
> [...[ For CRT type phototypesetters, the character and font repertoire is generally fixed for a given installation, but it would vary from one installation to the next. [...]
>
That might be the case for most CRT based phototypesetters, but may I
direct the groups attention to:
<http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/202/> (Specifically to this YouTube
video linked on that page: <https://youtu.be/CVxeuwlvf8w>)

The page, and papers/videos thereon discuss the "jailbreaking" (to use
the modern term) of the Linotron 202 phototypesetter at Bell Labs by
Joe Condon, Brian Kernighan, and Ken Thompson in 1979. (What does all
this have to do with SIMH? Well, the Linotron 202 was controlled by a
PDP-11 running UNIX.)

Regards,
Christian
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