Ed I seem to recall in the late '80s hearing about an IBM Human Factors lab also in Rome.
Chris Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Finnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 29 August, 2006 8:30 PM Subject: Re: >27x132? > > In a message dated 8/29/2006 10:48:56 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > My recollection is that the 2260 and every monochrome 3270 before the > 3290 was green. > > > > > >> > Part of SHARE and IT in general is Human Factors. Ergonomics, color, tilt, > tactile feel, neutral hand and eye position, abbreviated command structure are > analyzed for cause and effect. For many years IBM had a Human factors lab in > Almaden, but don't know if they still do. PARC and Alan Kay analyzed in > detail the 'modern office' and laid the ground work for much how we work today. > > Joan Winters from SLAC head the Human Factors projects at SHARE for many > years and usually took home the prize for best session. IIRC the green screen > was for IBM monitors. Other vendors, Memorex, GRID, and a few others extended > the research into more efficient phosphors(persistence) and had other colors > available. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
