Newman, W., Sproull, R. (1979), Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics, Mcgraw-Hill College, ISBN 0-07-046338-7
is a very good read. It is understandably dated, but then it was history that you were looking for. And the book has 2 parts -- a history of the computer architectures we had (in 1979) and then the part on how to make grapical programs on them. Laura _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor