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The viscom—a system of ‘soft’ video‐terminals
Author(s) -
Coleman M. J.,
Godliman G. S.,
Leonard G. L.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380060411
Subject(s) - feature (linguistics) , computer science , software , computer hardware , embedded system , computer graphics (images) , multimedia , human–computer interaction , operating system , philosophy , linguistics
The Portsmouth Polytechnic Visual‐communication system, Viscom (vik‐om), has been designed to provide high‐speed Interaction with an ICL 4130 computer. A feature of the system is that its software device routine is used not only to facilitate data transfers but also to provide an open‐ended list of keyboard functions to augment those provided by the hardware.