Portland, Ore. Info

From: Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk <(Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk)>
Date: Mon Sep 14 13:01:12 1998

Zane Healy wrote:

> Stuff I saw:
 
 [...]
 
> A very interesting little Tek terminal on it's own stand

Get a better look at this. It could be any of the following (at least):

4006
4012
4014
4051
4052
4054
4052A
4054A

I'd guess it's not a 4014 or 4054 (A or otherwise), since these are not
in the least "little"

However 4052s of any flavour are EXTREMELY RARE. AFAIK, the only two
known still to exist are mine and the one in the computer museum in
Amsterdam, Netherlands. (If anyone knows of another 4052 or 4054 please
let me know!)

All the TEK terminals of this date are interesting, partly because of
the dead-end technology, viz. the storage tube.

If it is more recent than storage tube TEKs, it may still be
interesting...

BTW, the 4050 series had computers tucked in the bottom of the terminals
- a 6800 based micro in the 4051 and a 16 bit bitslice in the others.

To give you an idea of value, I paid roughly $200 for my 4052, and I
have been advised by Dr Dooijes at the Dutch museum to insure it for
$3000. (NB he paid nothing for his). It looks like insurance for the
VCF is going to cost another 100 pounds...

Philip.
Received on Mon Sep 14 1998 - 13:01:12 BST