Peripheral Vision: Bell Labs, the S-C 4020, and the Origins of Computer Art

by Zabet Patterson

Book Overview

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 of text and image was quite literally peripheral; the S-C 4020--a strange and elaborate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262548828
• ISBN13: 9780262548823
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher