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Computer Displays

Author
Ivan E. Sutherland
Publication
Scientific American
Date
June 1970
Volume
222
Issue
6
Pages
57-76
ETC archive
ETC1968

Abstract

Computer Displays. Pictures "painted" rapidly and accurately by an electron beam under computer control are helping designers and engineers at many tasks. Computer displays can also help to clarify complex physical phenomena...
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Ivan E. Sutherland. Computer Displays. Scientific American. vol. 222, no. 6. June 1970. pp. 57 - 76.

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Computer Displays. Pictures "painted" rapidly and accurately by an electron beam under computer control are helping designers and engineers at many tasks. Computer displays can also help to clarify complex physical phenomena...

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