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There's a really interesting video about character generation on HP 264x series terminals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QikO0WOAGWI https://www.youtube.com/w
by Vogtinator 8y ago
There's a really interesting video about character generation on HP 264x series terminals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QikO0WOAGWI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QikO0WOAGWI
- blattimwind 8y agoThat's nothing! Tektronix did vector fonts in the 60s using analogue ROMs.
- abainbridge 8y agoThat's nothing, the Jaquet-Droz family were producing glyphs from mechanical analogue storage in ~1770. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY_wfKVjuJM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY_wfKVjuJM
- pushpop 8y agoThat’s nothing, the Egyptians were writing glyphs to solid state analogue storage two thousand years before that. /s
- masswerk 8y agoAlso, see the use of a metal plate as a binary storage device for fonts used for the print on punch cards with the IBM key punches: https://www.masswerk.at/misc/card-punch-typography/ https://www.masswerk.at/misc/card-punch-typography/
- masswerk 8y agoHighly recommended! As are all these videos by Marc Verdiell.