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Article #1192Re: Wireless keyboard, wall screen, etc.
From: Ken H. Chin
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1988 06:33
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1988 06:33
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In article <17924@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) writes:
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> 2. Large, flat plasma panels have been tried. IBM used to offer one
> as a mainframe peripheral, and it's even been seen on a PC at
> Comdex ('84). About 2 feet square, and red. The interface had
> some problems that made it very painful to program, but the device
> worked quite well. Plasma panels about 6' x 8' by 4" thick are
> available for about $100,000, but these are militarized units.
The IBM terminals with gas plasma screens were large enough to display
four login sessions at one time. But the BIG disadvantage, is their
lack of a brightness control. It was impossible to use one near
a window without the sun washing out the screen. The red color of the
display was also somewhat irritating.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!agate!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!kenchin From: kenchin@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Ken H. Chin) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Wireless keyboard, wall screen, etc. Summary: Gas plasma screens Keywords: gasplasma screens, computing environments Message-ID: <8506@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 24 Dec 88 06:33:22 GMT References: <4362@pitt.UUCP> <257@gloom.UUCP> <82702@sun.uucp> <8939@ut-emx.UUCP> <17924@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: kenchin@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Ken H. Chin) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 16