TheUNIXSystem: The Blit: A Multiplexed Graphics Terminal
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- website
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in AT&T Bell Laboratories Technical Journal
- Vol. 63 (8) , 1607-1631
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1984.tb00056.x
Abstract
The Blit is a programmable bitmap graphics terminal designed specifically to run with the UNIX operating system. The software in the terminal provides an asynchronous multiwindow environment, and thereby exploits the multiprogramming capabili...This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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