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=== ARDS === | === ARDS === |
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ARDS, or Advanced Remote Display System, was ground breaking CRT display terminal technology developed at MIT in the 1960s. A company called Computer Displays Inc. was spun off to commercialize the technology. The terminals were mostly used with CTSS, but the AI lab PDP-6 also had a few. | ARDS, or Advanced Remote Display System, was ground breaking storage CRT display terminal technology developed at MIT in the 1960s. A company called Computer Displays Inc. was spun off to commercialize the technology. The terminals were mostly used with CTSS, but the AI lab [[programming_the_pdp-6|PDP-6]] also had a few. |
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ITS retains some traces of ARDS support. The terminal type was removed in 1976 and replaced by Tektronix. There is a program called ARDPRN for displaying graphics files on a capable display such as [[its_imlac|Imlacs]]. The BIG music program can draw scores in ARDS format. | [[its_topics|ITS]] retains some traces of ARDS support. The terminal type was removed in 1976 and replaced by Tektronix. There is a program called ARDPRN for displaying graphics files on a capable display such as [[its_imlac|Imlacs]]. The BIG music program can draw scores in ARDS format. |