Bell Labs, the S-C 4020, and the Origins of Computer Art
by
Zabet Patterson
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
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...