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I've also heard (not sure if true or not) that General Consumer Electronics got a really good deal on the 9in vector displays for the first batch run which made
by vunderba 2y ago
I've also heard (not sure if true or not) that General Consumer Electronics got a really good deal on the 9in vector displays for the first batch run which made production a lot less economically viable later.
- hcs 2y agoI recall reading that the design kicked off because of some stock of surplus CRTs but that didn't ultimately end up used. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/a-history-of-gaming-platforms-the-vectrex https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/a-history-of-gaming-pla... > The system got its start in late 1980, when one of the hardware designers at Western Technologies (Smith Engineering), John Ross, had a light bulb go off -- or, to be more precise, a surplus one-inch Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). > Western Technologies redesigned the system as a tabletop, and later that year General Consumer Electronics (GCE) licensed it for production -- though now with a nine-inch screen. More of that history here https://www.vectrex.be/vectrex_jay_smith.html https://www.vectrex.be/vectrex_jay_smith.html