wallscreen n.
a large wall-mounted video display
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1931
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Edward E. Smith
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All three prisoners stared at the wall-screen, upon which was pictured a huge football of scarred grey steel.
Spacehounds of IPC in Amazing Stories Aug. 427/2 -
1941
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Jack Williamson
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Alone in his comfortable inner office, he had relaxed and snapped on the news-repeater. The wall screen lit with the image of a doll-faced platinum blond.
Star of Dreams in Comet Mar. 19/1 -
1950
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John D. MacDonald
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The communi-phones were right here, of course, and the wall screen buttons right there.
Gift of Darkness in Super Science Stories Apr. 76/1 -
1959
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Robert Bloch
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Hix glanced at the dark and crackling wallscreen…. Sigmond was staring at the screen. The wall had brightened and now the crackling faded. Suddenly a face appeared before them.
Sneak Preview in Amazing Stories Nov. 128/2 -
1962
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Keith Laumer
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He turned to the wall-screen and pressed a button. A system triagram appeared: eight luminous green dots arranged around a larger disk.
Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain in Worlds of If May 7/2 -
1978
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Charles Sheffield
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‘Bey? Put me up on visual, will you,’ said the wall screen. Wolf touched his wrist again adn the cheeful, ruddy face of John Larsen appeared on the wall holo.
Sight of Proteus in Amazing Stories May 6/1 -
1992
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Robert Reed
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For a while he made weekly calls to his daughters, him sitting in his favorite chair while watching them on the wallscreen.
After All in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Jan. 22 -
2006
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Ian Creasey
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He turned to the wallscreen of his office, where the museum’s legal AI supervised the conversation. ‘Isn’t that right?’
Golden Record in Asimov’s Science Fiction Dec. 91 -
2015
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Allen Steele
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I looked up. The wallscreen was logoned to a newsnet, and the first thing I saw was something that looked like a fuzzy little white blob against a black background.
Long Wait in Asimov’s Science Fiction Jan. 88
Research requirements
antedating 1931
Earliest cite
Doc Smith, "Spacehounds of IPC", in Amazing
Research History
Fred Galvin submitted a 1956 cite from Jacques Jean Ferrat's "Snowstorm on Mars".There's an example in Edward Chappelow's "Return of the Air Master", in the March 1930 Air Wonder Stories, but it refers to a wall-mounted projection screen, which feels different.
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