> > > > I know the Knight TV system at the AI Lab was a very early bit-mapped > display, but I don't know where the idea first appeared. (There were of > course influential earlier display systems, such as the one on SAGE, > althoug > those were of course all stroke-based systems, given the limited memory of > the period.) > > Anyone know about the Volscan "GUI" that allowed a person to point a light gun at a display, points representing planes, in order to automate landing them? I made a page about the Volscan in 2006, may need updates. "Volscan Light Gun for assigning Antracs (Auto-matic tracking-while-scanning)." but here it is.
http://vintagecomputer.net/volscan.cfm bILL
