Minor Tektronix success story.

From: Jeff Kaneko <jeff.kaneko_at_ifrsys.com>
Date: Wed Aug 19 16:18:05 1998

Yow!!! That means maybe it will run FLEX! [insert Homer Simpson
impersonation]
Woo Hoo!. Dang! I can just imagine running FLEX at 25Mc! Its performance
over a 1Mc 6800 must have been blistering!

Yikes!! I think I may have seen some boards from a system like that one
in a junk heap last week! It used four 2901's eh? Hm, I'm gonna haveto
revisit that particular junque pile . . .

Jeff

At 06:05 PM 8/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>> I just picked up a Tektronix 4041 computer. I think it's a general
>>> purpose HP-IB instrument controller similar to a HP 9915. How close is
it
>>> to your 4052? I HAD a Tektronix 4046 disk drive unit for the 4041 a few
>>> months ago but I traded it off (A_ S___!) Does anyone know anything
>
>Not at all similar, I'm afraid.
>
>The 4051 was a 6800 machine, and the 4052 used four 2901 chips and a
>homebrew sequencer to give you a 25MHz 6800 with some extra
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^
>instructions. More about this - and the disgusting piece of
>pessimisation they included - at my talk at VCF...
>
>Philip.
>
Received on Wed Aug 19 1998 - 16:18:05 BST

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