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Did any computer systems connect "terminals" using "broadcast"-style RF to multiplex video, and some other means of multiplexing keyboards?
The closest thing I know of is the IBM 2848 Display Controller in combination with IBM 2260 terminals. The 2848 generated, transmitted and stored video signals for up to 24 terminals. It did, however, ...
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Did any computer systems connect "terminals" using "broadcast"-style RF to multiplex video, and some other means of multiplexing keyboards?
Well, if custom build devices also count, I would present the SLS-Guckies :))
It was a quite unusual terminal system custom build based on telephone keyboards and TV sets, build for a none existing in ...
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Did any computer systems connect "terminals" using "broadcast"-style RF to multiplex video, and some other means of multiplexing keyboards?
I think the Knight TV system built at the MIT AI lab fits the bill. A PDP-11 with custom add-on boards generated the video signals for a bunch of regular TV monitors. Separate hardware scanned ...
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