Touch Sensitive Display and Minicomputer
Information Display · 1981
New electronics from the John Fluke Manufacturing Co., Inc., Everett, WA, allow people to interact with machinery, information systems, filing systems, instruments, inventory, process control, orders, cash machines and numerical control systems just by touching a display screen. The 1780A Infotouch Display is a special display screen with a touch sensitive overlay. Messages, numbers, grahpics, menus, switches, and special characters can be displayed through computer programming to guide an operator's response step by step. Fluke's new 1780A can stand alone or be placed in a rack or enclosure. Almost any desktop computer, home computer, minicomputer or large computer system can use the 1780A as a man-machine interface. The 1720A is a minicomputer with many diverse applications from controlling automated manufacturing to monitoring medical instruments. It features the touch sense display of the 1780A plus full computing capability, read/write memory, floppy disk and electronic disk memory storage, built-in interfaces, real time clock, automatic start-up, detachable keyboard and a provision for remote control operation. Computer languages available for the 1720A include: BASIC, FORTRAN and Assembly Language plus special software for electronic instrumentation. Up to eight 1780A Infotouch Displays can be controlled by one 1720A minicomputer. Both products use a 5“ × 9” screen with 16 lines of 80 characters and feature 60 definable touch sense areas.