In Star Trek and other science-fiction of the sixties, computer panels consist of row after row of unlabeled blinking lights. Did this reflect the reality of contemporary computer displays? If not, where did this manner of depicting computers come from?

by BastiatFan
imnotgonnakillyou

While the question isn’t the same, the answer goes into the usage of the 1970s style computers

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