IBM 2260

The text-only 960-character monochrome IBM 2260 cathode ray tube (CRT) video display terminal plus computer keyboard was a 1964 predecessor to the more-powerful color text-and-graphics IBM 3270. The 2260 screen image was normally configured with 12 lines of 80 characters each, which corresponded to IBM punch card format. The IBM 2260 and successor devices were transitional punch-card-to-CRT computer hardware that inspired many office of the future authors to write about the potential of the paperless office.