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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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