Peripheral Vision: Bell Labs, the S-C 4020, and the Origins of Computer Art (Platform Studies)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 and preserve images. In the mainframe era, the output...