Scanconverters
Scanconverters are electronic devices that convert analog or digital signals from a graphics tablet or other input device into a digital format that can be used by a computer or other display device. Scanconverters were widely used in the graphics and computer-aided design industries from the 1980s to the 1990s, and were often used to interface between input devices and high-end graphics workstations.
Scanconverters typically consisted of a small computer or embedded system, a driver or interface card, and
Scanconverters were often required to translate between different graphical protocols and formats, such as DIN, HPGL,
Despite their decline in popularity, scanconverters remain an important part of the history of computer graphics