Tektronix 4051 or 4052

From: Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com <(Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com)>
Date: Thu Aug 19 05:42:24 1999

A week or two ago, Monty McGraw wrote:

> I bought a Tek4051 while in the USAF in 1978. I developed several programs
> using the 4051 for data collection and reduction.
>
> I would like to find one, probably for the nostalgia, I still have the my
> old program listings.
>
> I saw the recent thread on the EXEC command, I figured out the EXEC command
> and wrote a couple of 6800 assembly language programs (play music, dump the
> ROMs to the printer, etc). As I recall the format of the command was EXEC
> A$, where the string was typically read from the tape as a single file.


Monty, you wonderful person! I will have to try this on my 4052. For this, if
I ever find a 4054, you will get first refusal on my 4052 :-)


Joe Rigdon had written:

>> Good Luck! I only know of two 4051s and only one 4052. I have one of
>>the
>>4051s. None of them are for sale. Are you looking for one to collect or
>>what?


They are definitely rare. I know of two of each, the other 4052 being in the
Dutch Computer Museum, but I heard rumours at VCF last year that another 4052
had been sold recently - I hope it was to a collector who will take care of it.
I have yet to hear even a rumour of a 4054 surviving...


Philip.
Received on Thu Aug 19 1999 - 05:42:24 BST

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