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Vignettes of Swedens Computer Graphics History

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Authors:

Thomas Larsson, Ulf Stenlund

Publication Type:

Journal article

Venue:

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

Publisher:

IEEE Computer Society


Abstract

This article recounts selected historical events in the computer graphics field in Sweden, ranging from hardware construction to human–computer interaction. Particularly noteworthy are the industrial developments of semigraphical interfaces for improved man–machine communication, and the patented invention of a color graphics system by Håkan Lans, which gave rise to several court cases.

Bibtex

@article{Larsson1105,
author = {Thomas Larsson and Ulf Stenlund},
title = {Vignettes of Swedens Computer Graphics History},
volume = {30},
number = {1},
pages = {50--58},
month = {January},
year = {2008},
journal = { IEEE Annals of the History of Computing},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
url = {http://www.es.mdu.se/publications/1105-}
}