Green screen was the common name for a monochrome CRT computer display using a green “P1″ phosphor screen. Amber screen was the common name for a monochrome CRT computer display using an amber “P3″ phosphor screen. Abundant in the early-to-mid-1980s, they succeeded teletype terminals and preceded colour CRTs as the predominant visual output device for computers.

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