Looking for Tektronix 4052 R12 Graphics Enhancement ROM Pack and Tektronix 4014 demo files

Monty McGraw mmcgraw74 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 19 19:12:39 CDT 2018


found it!

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/Tektronix/405x/cartridges/4052R12_Graphics_Enhancement_ROM_Pack/

thanks forever :)

Monty

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 7:11 PM, Monty McGraw <mmcgraw74 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> Have you got a link?  I looked at ftp://bitsavers.informatik.
> uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/tektronix/405x/ and http://bitsavers.org/bits/
> Tektronix/405x/4052_firmware/
> and didn't see anything
>
> Monty
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 11:27 AM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>> Al has the 4052R12 ROM dumps up on bitsavers.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On 7/15/2018 12:49 PM, Monty McGraw via cctalk wrote:
>>
>>> I have been recovering dozens of old Tektronix 4050 series tapes and
>>> found
>>> one with Fast Graphics software for the 4051.  This software program
>>> jumped
>>> into 6800 assembly code and retrieved three bytes per vector from a tape
>>> file.  Apparently this tape is a duplicate - and it appears that all the
>>> files bigger than 1KB have corrupt data.
>>>
>>> Apparently from the 4014 programmers guide - they had a set of demo
>>> picture
>>> files including a list with R2-D2.
>>>
>>> I have found Jos Dreesen's ftp tar file with some 4014 pictures - but I'm
>>> looking for an R2-D2 picture file that is on the tape I have but corrupt.
>>>
>>> I also discovered that Tektronix made a 4052/4054 R12 Graphics
>>> Enhancement
>>> ROM pack which included the Fast Graphics program in ROM.  I would love
>>> to
>>> find one of those ROM packs - hint/hint :)
>>>
>>> I did recover one of the shorter picture files of Snoopy - but since I
>>> don't have a 4051, I can't run the Fast Graphics program on my 4052 or
>>> 4054.  One of my buddies threw a C program together to convert the data
>>> file into Tek 4050 PRINT statements.
>>>
>>> I've posted the SNOOPY basic program and screenshots of running it on
>>> vcfed
>>> in a new thread:
>>> http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?64726-Tektronix-40
>>> 51-4052-4052A-4054-4054A-Program-Archives
>>>
>>> I'm also still looking for a 4051/4052 Display Board.  Mike Haas posted
>>> pictures here in Oct 2016 of lots of Tektronix boards including a Display
>>> Board - but I don't have any direct contact info for him.
>>>
>>> Monty
>>>
>>>
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