Textronix 4025 terminal seen

From: Mark Tapley <mtapley_at_swri.edu>
Date: Mon Oct 5 12:08:11 1998

All,
        Spotted a (what I regard as) classic terminal the other day. It was
at A-Tex electronics in San Antonio (if your phone book isn't that new,
call the Altex electronics and ask for their recently spun-off parts
division near the airpont). It was not in good shape - several keycaps
broken off, scratched, very dirty, no manual. It was $25 as is, and I had
no chance to power up and see how it is. Also the missing manual hurts,
because a lot of the very cool and well-thought-out graphics instructions
are called by escape sequences that I don't remember at all.
        If I remember right, the 4025 was Tek's start at transitioning off
the long-lasting phosphor technology into a regular bit-mapped display.
Istr that it had maybe 2 Z-80's and about 64k of RAM, which was not bad at
the time (late 70's to 1980 or so?) for a whole system, to say nothing of a
terminal. It had a pair of thumbwheels for cursor control. It felt and
looked industrial strength and was a pleasure to use. Anybody remember more
useful info about it?
                                        - Mark
Received on Mon Oct 05 1998 - 12:08:11 BST