Graphic Display Processor Programmers Guide

Abstract

GDP2 is a Graphic Display Processor which interprets a Display List stored in Memory. It works in conjunction with a PDP 11 computer to produce pictures, characters, etc. Most of the Hardware is physically separated from the Display Tube, Keyboard and Spark Pen. The parts of the system the user has to manipulate or see is in the Terminal Room. The noisy stuff is in the Computer Room. This documentation purports to describe the hardware of the GDP itself.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 20, 1974
Accession Number
AD0778426

Entities

People

  • Brian Rosen

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Boundaries
  • Classification
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Graphics
  • Instructions
  • Intensity
  • Ion Beams
  • Ions
  • Keyboards
  • Personality
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Scientific Research
  • Terminals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).