13 Nov
2005
13 Nov
'05
11:48 a.m.
At 09:13 AM 11/13/05 -0800, you wrote:
On 11/13/2005 at 9:40 AM Allison wrote:
Are you sure that wasn't Tektronix 4051 COMPUTER that you took them out
of???? I wasn't aware of any Tektronix "terminals" with a tape drive and a
6800 CPU.
(Another brand that you never seem to hear about--the
If not sasi/scsi it could be "host" as
in the hard disk bridge boards.
Host interface is IDE of the time as it's a register interface with
re/, wr/, a few address lines, data and reset more or less. Makes
it generic.
If it helps, I believe that these came out of a Tektronix 6800 "smart
terminal" box. storage tube display was sort of unusual).
But cool! It was amazing to watch it draw characters. And then they'd
stay there until you pressed the ERASE key!
Joe
Cheers,
Chuck