Tek 4041 GPIB controller - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

20 Jul 2005

From: "Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com>
...

 only ever found ONE keyboard. I used to have a full set of manuals for the
 4041 including the service manual but I gave all of it to Mike Haas and I
 think he's since sold them. I think my buddy in Sanford probably has
 manuals for it but I don't know when I'll be over in that area again. 
First off, if Dennis gets to be 'Dennis K.', then I'd like to become 'Mike
H.' in these
cases too.

Yep,  I remember that 4041 well...  I didn't get a keyboard or any tapes when I got
Joe's 
machine, but as usual with Joe, there was some nice manualage included.    Looked 
like a very robust BASIC & GPIB environment.

You do need a keyboard or pre-programmed tapes to run it.  It can auto-execute programs 
off tape, and a few line program there could redirect the console out a serial port...
theorettically. 

That keyboard connector looked pretty easy to hack in a homebrew keyboard.  I think the 
protocol is just serially coded ASCII codes at slow ttl levels, but I no longer have the
docs or machine...  Sorrry

;)
- Mike: dogas at bellsouth.net