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Yep, Atari was always a challenge to us on the vector front. I think the most drawing we ever did was the center of the Cosmic Chasm, about 2 minutes in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ0Szz8gpiE

Fun fact: at the end of that video, the default high score list includes me! I'd forgotten this, so thanks for the bump to find this.



Now that I think about it I remember these things which used a storage tube and really could show a whole screenful of text

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektronix_4010

which I think you could have made a word processor for even though it couldn’t scroll. I remember drawing charts on it though, not looking at a lot of text. I think the one I used was side-by-side with a WYSE terminal that was VT-something compatible.




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