Chapter-28-XFree86 in depth

You don’t have to be a computer expert to see the similarity between monitors and TVs: current monitor technology is derived from TV technology, and many older display boards have modes that can use TVs instead of monitors. Those of us who were on the microcomputer scene 20 to 25 years ago will remember the joy of getting a computer display on a portable TV, a ‘‘glass tty’’ connected by a serial line running at 300 or 1200 bps.