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The Incredible Machine
1968 · Film · documentary · 15 min
Directed by Paul Cohen
A film detailing advancements in computer/digital technology, featuring the 'Graphic 1' computer system at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
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A display similar to the Type 30 CRT can be seen in action in this video of a Bell-Labs educational film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwVu2BWLZqA ("The Incredible Machine", 1968).
The video shows later equipment, a PDP-5 and a display that looks like a member of the 330/340-family, but the technology is the same. (Interactive graphics technology like in TX-2 and the PDPs was actually amazing, but apparently got lost over time-sharing ...)