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Revision as of 16:14, 23 February 2026

Brief Biography

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Richard Thomson is the director of the Computer Graphics Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is the main force behind the creation of the Terminals Wiki and the open source rewrite of the manx web database application of computer manuals. He is a frequent contributor to the cctalk mailing list and contributes scanned material to BitSavers.

Richard has worked as a software engineer since 1979. He has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Delaware and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Utah. See Terminals at the University of Delaware for more information on the kinds of terminals he used in the early days.

Ongoing Wiki Work

X Window System

  • Sep. 21, 1987: Article about X11 being announced at Decworld[1]
  • Sep. 28, 1987: Article about X Window System, which the author calls "X.Window" throughout[2]
  • Jul. 31, 1989: E&S graphic manager quoted, PEX mentioned[3]

Terminal Emulator Software

See also:

Rescued Nekochan Wiki Pages

Other

References

  1. "X Windows gets push from MIT", David Bright, Computerworld, September 21, 1987, pg. 5
  2. "Windowing standard effort gains ground", Paula Musich, Network World, September 28, 1987, pg. 20
  3. "Getting graphic", Kris Herbst, Network World, July 31, 1989, pg. 30