The PLATO IV Student Terminal. Revised Edition

The PLATO IV Student Terminal. Revised Edition [electronic resource] / Jack Stifle.

This report describes a graphics terminal designed as a remote computer input-out terminal for unsophisticated users. The first chapter focuses upon the terminal's plasma display panel, its self-contained character and line generators, and its ability to communicate over low grade telephone lin...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Stifle, Jack
Corporate Author: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Computer-based Education Research Laboratory
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973.
Subjects:
Computer Assisted Instruction.
Computer Graphics.
Computer Science.
Display Systems.
Input Output Devices.
Program Descriptions.
Telecommunications.
Telephone Communications Systems.
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Summary:This report describes a graphics terminal designed as a remote computer input-out terminal for unsophisticated users. The first chapter focuses upon the terminal's plasma display panel, its self-contained character and line generators, and its ability to communicate over low grade telephone lines. Chapter 2 concentrates upon operating modes, discussing word format, control word, mose word, control characteristics and error control. The final chapter deals with terminal generated data, including data sources and output word format. (Author/PB)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED078670.
Sponsoring Agency: Joint Services Electronics Program, Fort Monmouth, NJ.
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
Sponsoring Agency: Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel, Washington, DC.
Physical Description:30 p.

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