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ADM-3A

The ADM-3A is an early influential video display terminal, introduced in 1976. It was manufactured by Lear Siegler and has a 12-inch screen displaying 12 or 24 lines of 80 characters. It set a new industry low single unit price of $995. Its "dumb terminal" nickname came from some of the original trade publication advertisements. It quickly became…

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Introductory price
US$995 (equivalent to $5,600 in 2025)
Manufacturer
Lear Siegler
Released
1976 (1976)
Type
Computer terminal

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ADM-3

ADM-3 options

ADM-3A

Hardware

Legacy

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ADM-3A

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples65
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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ADM-3A

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related to Legacy · 16
ADM-3A → Also, ASCII, Berkeley, California, Ctrl, DIP, HJKL, Home, Ritchie, Teletype Model, The, The Ctrl, The Home, Thompson, University, Unix
related to External links · 15
ADM-3A → Archived, Digital Engineering, FreeBSD, Gangwere, Inc, Lear Siegler ADM-3A, LSI, Morgan, Old, Quelab, Retrieved, Retrographics RG-512, Siegler, Siegler ADM, Terminal ADM3A
related to ADM-3A · 10
ADM-3A → ADM-3, DIP, In, It, Like, The, The ADM-3A, The ADM-3A's, VT100, VT52
related to Hardware · 10
ADM-3A → Ball Brothers, CRT, Datapoint, It, RAM, The, The CRT, TTL, Unlike, VT100
related to ADM-3 options · 9
ADM-3A → ADM-3, ADM-3As, Further, In, Likewise, RAM, RS-232, Tektronix, The
Introductory price · 1
ADM-3A → US$995 (equivalent to $5,600 in 2025)
Manufacturer · 1
ADM-3A → Lear Siegler
Released · 1
ADM-3A → 1976 (1976)
Type · 1
ADM-3A → Computer terminal
is a · 1
ADM-3A → early influential video display terminal

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Important terminology

terminal original adm-3 keyboard computer 1976 position terminals adm-3a's keys use ctrl display characters single new also lear siegler 995

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ADM-3AIntroductory priceUS$995 (equivalent to $5,600 in 2025)1.00infobox
ADM-3AManufacturerLear Siegler1.00infobox
ADM-3AReleased1976 (1976)1.00infobox
ADM-3ATypeComputer terminal1.00infobox
ADM-3Ais aearly influential video display terminal0.90text
ADM-3Arelated to ADM-3 optionsThe0.60section
ADM-3Arelated to ADM-3 optionsADM-30.60section
ADM-3Arelated to ADM-3 optionsIn0.60section
ADM-3Arelated to ADM-3 optionsRAM0.60section
ADM-3Arelated to ADM-3 optionsLikewise0.60section
ADM-3Arelated to ADM-3 optionsFurther0.60section
ADM-3Arelated to ADM-3 optionsTektronix0.60section

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