Microcomputer based interactive display system

Abstract

This study was undertaken to design and implement a microcomputer based interactive display system suitable for use as a shipboard tactical-situation display. The standalone system included two plasma display scopes, one microcomputer, one CRT and one line printer. The scope of the effort included the interface of the display system via a RS-232 data/link to a PDP-11/50 minicomputer in order to emulate the shipboard tactical environment. Of major interest was the integration of the hardware components and the software developed in this study into a coherent alphanumerical and graphical display system.