Title :
SuperPaint: an early frame buffer graphics system
Author_Institution :
Boundary Inst., Los Altos, CA, USA
Abstract :
The union of digital computing and video was made possible by high-density integrated memories in the early 1970s. This new technology led Xerox PARC researchers to develop SuperPaint, the most famous of the early pixel-based frame buffer systems and one that portended a significant part of the future of computer graphics in television by illustrating the Pioneer spacecraft missions to Venus and Saturn
Keywords :
buffer storage; computer graphics; Pioneer spacecraft missions; SuperPaint; Xerox PARC; computer graphics; frame buffer graphics system; pixel-based frame buffer systems; television; Analog-digital conversion; Cameras; Computer displays; Graphics; Multiplexing; Real time systems; Streaming media; Switches; TV; Writing;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
