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Vector monitor

A vector monitor, vector display, or calligraphic display is a display device used for computer graphics up through the 1970s. It is a type of CRT, similar to that of an early oscilloscope. In a vector display, the image is composed of drawn lines rather than a grid of glowing pixels as in raster graphics. The electron beam follows an arbitrary path…

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Vector monitor

Nodes63
Edges62
Triples13
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.031746
Components1

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related to Color displays · 6
Vector monitor → Atari, CRTs, In, RGB CRT, Some, Tektronix

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vector displays display raster used beam image first graphics phosphor crt system computer use color lines refresh memory made electron

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Armor Attackinstance ofBrightness was critical because the display needed to be clearly visible to the pilot in direct sunlight.Vector monitors were also used by some late-1970s to mid-1980s arcade games0.80text
Asteroidsinstance ofBrightness was critical because the display needed to be clearly visible to the pilot in direct sunlight.Vector monitors were also used by some late-1970s to mid-1980s arcade games0.80text
Omega Raceinstance ofBrightness was critical because the display needed to be clearly visible to the pilot in direct sunlight.Vector monitors were also used by some late-1970s to mid-1980s arcade games0.80text
Tempestinstance ofBrightness was critical because the display needed to be clearly visible to the pilot in direct sunlight.Vector monitors were also used by some late-1970s to mid-1980s arcade games0.80text
and Star Warsinstance ofBrightness was critical because the display needed to be clearly visible to the pilot in direct sunlight.Vector monitors were also used by some late-1970s to mid-1980s arcade games0.80text
and in the Vectrex home videogame console.Hewlett-Packard made a series of large-screen X-Yinstance ofBrightness was critical because the display needed to be clearly visible to the pilot in direct sunlight.Vector monitors were also used by some late-1970s to mid-1980s arcade games0.80text
the Vectrex 3-D Imagerinstance ofAtari used the term color quadrascan to describe the shadow-mask version used in their video arcade games.Some monochrome vector displays were able to display color using periph…0.80text
Vector monitorrelated to Color displaysSome0.60section
Vector monitorrelated to Color displaysRGB CRT0.60section
Vector monitorrelated to Color displaysIn0.60section
Vector monitorrelated to Color displaysTektronix0.60section
Vector monitorrelated to Color displaysCRTs0.60section

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