Peripheral Vision: Bell Labs, the S-C 4020, and the Origins of Computer Art
(Part of the Platform Studies Series)
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How the S-C 4020--a mainframe peripheral intended to produce scientific visualizations--shaped a series of early computer art projects that emerged from Bell Labs. In 1959, the electronics manufacturer Stromberg-Carlson produced the S-C 4020, a device that allowed mainframe computers to present and preserve images. In the mainframe era, the output of text and image was quite literally peripheral; the S-C 4020--a strange and elaborate...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262548828
ISBN13:9780262548823
Release Date:August 2023
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:152 Pages
Weight:0.51 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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