26 Jan
2005
26 Jan
'05
3:51 p.m.
VERY NICE! I used to have one of these but gave it to Mike Haas. I had
ALL of the ROMs and ALL the manuals for it including a lot of prototype
ROMs and their documentation. Bug Mike to get the stuff scanned and posted
somewhere.
Joe
At 06:05 AM 1/24/05 -0700, Tom wrote:
Hi Folks,
Well, today's auction haul includes:
A functioning Tektronix 4051 Graphics system w/Data Communication Interface.
(circa 1976)
it also came with the RS232 Printer interface
and the following documentation:
4051 Graphic Systems Operation Manual
Plot 50 Introduction to Programming in Basic
4051 Graphic System Reference
Reference Guide to 4051 Basic
4050 Series Basic Reference Guide
amd 4051 Option 10 RS232 Printer Interface guide
More information on this system can be found here:
http://www.atariarchives.org/bcc2/showpage.php?page=282
What is really wierd is that I wrote some programs in Basic for this machine
in 1977 using some of the built-in vector graphics routines, when I worked
at
the Defense Mapping Agency, now called the National
GeoSpatial Intelligence
Agency. I still have the tape cartridge (200K !!) when I loaded the tape...
presto... instant retro memories. I even wrote some notes to myself!! ( Note
to Homeland Security and to anyone else reading this email..It was NOT
classified!!)
Cheers
Tom
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