29 Apr
2011
29 Apr
'11
6:02 a.m.
With the addition of two more Tektronix 4015-1
terminals, I've rearranged
my Tektronix storage tube terminals in the warehouse and uploaded some
updated pictures of "Tektronix storage tube row". (The 4015-1 is
essentially a 4014 with APL and printer interface options.) Neither of
the 4015's are reported to be in working condition from the seller, but
at least all the keycaps with APL glyphs are present. The 4010 and 4014
are relatively simple terminals, so I should be able to restore them to
working order. They have no microprocessor, firmware code or custom
ASICs, so repairing them should be a matter of replacing capacitors or
replacing TTL or analog parts.
Richard, I finally got around to looking at your pics. What a great find!
I wonder if the MCAUTO label on your keyboard means McDonnell Douglas
Automation. I had a friend who worked there in the 1970s and they called
the DP (IT) shop McAuto. It was a huge place in Long Beach CA that handled
all the data processing for the aircraft company. Lots of interesting
stories. Congrats on your terminals!
I personally would love to have a 4051, does anybody remember those? Hi-res
green phosphor screens were made for graphics programming and came with
their own dialect of BASIC. They were one piece units on heavy stands and
had tape drives built into the console. Those were the days!
Now to find some old pallets, a few hundred bucks, a forklift, and a place
to store one.....
29 Apr
29 Apr
8:24 a.m.
--- On Fri, 4/29/11, vintagecoder at aol.com <vintagecoder at aol.com> wrote:
I personally would love to have a 4051, does anybody
remember those? Hi-res
green phosphor screens were made for graphics programming
and came with
their own dialect of BASIC. They were one piece units on
heavy stands and
had tape drives built into the console. Those were the
days!
Yeah, I've got one. Mine has no stand - unlike the 4010, the electronics for the 4051
are in the unit itself, not in the stand. It's really not a big device at all - very
deep, but not so big that it won't fit on a desk. Of course, the 4051 I have (as with
most, I would assume), has a faulty tape drive because the rubber driver wheel is shot.
The built in BASIC is pretty cool, and the graphic routines are fun to play with, but
without the ability to save programs, it's kind of annoying.
What I really want to find is a 4010/4014 terminal. That way, I have a lot more
programming flexibility. Anyone got one on this coast? :)
Similarly, if anyone has a wrecked 4051 or parts, mine is missing both the shift keys and
the Enter keys. I have no idea why, and I've seen another Tek storage tube device,
many years later, missing exactly the same keys. Was there some kind of shift key recall
or something?
-Ian
10:08 a.m.
In article <201104291002.p3T9vruG003401 at omr-m32.mx.aol.com>,
<vintagecoder at aol.com> writes:
I wonder if the MCAUTO label on your keyboard means
McDonnell Douglas
Automation.
Yes, I believe it is. We discussed this on the length some time ago
when I first got this terminal and that was aour conclusion from that
discussion. I haven't done any independent research on it yet, but it
seems reasonable to me.
I personally would love to have a 4051, does anybody
remember those?
I have one 4051 that needs some keycaps and some electrical repair
before its functional. Also, I would like to create some sort of
replacement for the cartridge tape drive for loading software from
disk image files. That's a hardware project that's on my list.
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10:11 a.m.
In article <E1QFoMa-0005QQ-Am at shell.xmission.com>,
Richard <legalize at xmission.com> writes:
Yes, I believe it is. We discussed this on the length
some time ago
[...]
Should be "We discussed this at length on the list some time ago..."
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