CRT displays [was: computer graphics in the 1950s]

[Richard]

In article <B135486A342E6244AEE1EB13118903BA01972FC1 at ausx3mpc106.aus.amer.dell.com>,
    <Paul_Koning at dell.com>  writes:

> >vector representation and *that* is sent to the monitor.  Monitors
> >don't eat characters as input.  
> 
> Not unless they are a Charactron [...]

...which is not a monitor, so no characters are not sent to monitors.
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