The RAND Tablet
A Man-Machine Graphical Communications Device
ResearchPublished 1964
This Memorandum is a technical description of the RAND tablet, a graphical computer input device developed at the RAND Corporation. The RAND tablet is believed to be the first such graphic device that is digital, is relatively low-cost, possesses excellent linearity, and is able to uniquely describe 10 to the sixth power locations in the 10-inch by 10-inch active tablet area.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
- Availability: Web-Only
- Year: 1964
- Pages: 26
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/RM4122
- Document Number: RM-4122-ARPA
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Davis, Malcolm and T. O. Ellis, The RAND Tablet: A Man-Machine Graphical Communications Device, RAND Corporation, RM-4122-ARPA, 1964. As of October 11, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4122.html
Davis, Malcolm and T. O. Ellis, The RAND Tablet: A Man-Machine Graphical Communications Device. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1964. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4122.html.
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