Difference between revisions of "Megatek Whizzard 7250"
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| − | The Megatek Whizzard 7250 is a color raster graphics terminal introduced in April, 1980 at a price of less than $25,000, or $20,000 with a black-and-white monitor. | + | The Megatek Whizzard 7250 is a color raster graphics terminal introduced in April, 1980 at a price of less than $25,000, or $20,000 with a black-and-white monitor.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=hq5JF_-p3CUC&lpg=PA48&pg=PA48 "Raster Terminal Has Vector Traits"], Computerworld, April 21, 1980, pg. 48</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:20, 5 March 2012
The Megatek Whizzard 7250 is a color raster graphics terminal introduced in April, 1980 at a price of less than $25,000, or $20,000 with a black-and-white monitor.[1]
Features:
- 4096x4096 points addressable
- RS-232C asynchronous communication at 9600 baud
- up to four color CRTs or 16 black-and-white monitors
- dynamic vector refresh display system
- display list memory of up to 196K bytes of 32-bit words, holding two vectors or 4 characters per word
References
- ↑ "Raster Terminal Has Vector Traits", Computerworld, April 21, 1980, pg. 48
