[vram22]

Actually, some microcomputers (apart from bare board micros) had the option to use a TV as a monitor in the early days.

[kwhitefoot]

Some? In my experience it was almost all. At least that's how it was in the UK.

[uxp100]

The article is from 1973. I think exact eras are getting a little muddled here. Altair, Mark-8, SCELBI, these are the sort of home computer that came out shortly AFTER this project was published.

[kwhitefoot]

Ah, serves me right for jumping straight to the comments. I had in mind computers from a few years later like my Nascom 2 from 1979.

[uxp100]

It really all happened quite quickly.

[vram22]

You are probably right. I first wrote "many", then edited it to say "some", in the interest of accuracy, since I had only used a few kinds myself, and did not know if all the others supported that feature or not :)

[vram22]

Did all that, before your reply, BTW.