| | IP: WORTH READING History of 8008? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Datapoint in fact had circuitry already which controlled the CRT (not just for the 2200, but also for their 24x80 3000, 3360, and 3300 display terminals), and the 8008 would not have been nearly fast enough to do that. |
 | | Datapoint used what they called a "diddle scan" (which in fact Datapoint held a patent on) which is what allowed Datapoint to in fact use MOS memories (shift registers!) for the screen refresh buffer. |
 | | The definitive public document on the original Datapoint 2200 is a looseleaf binder (published by Computer Terminal Corporation) called the Datapoint 2200 Programmer's Manual, (which incorporates a "Reference Manual" completely describing the CPU hardware, instruction set, and built-in I/O facilities of the 2200). |
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