Best ways to drive a Tektronix terminal?

From: joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Mon Jul 9 19:58:17 2001

     I don't know of any machine that will drive them other Tektronix
machines. However there is a Tektronix 4041 for sale on E-bay right
now. The last time that I checked, the price was still cheap. In case
you're not familar with it, the 4041 is shoebox sized computer that's
usually used as an HP-IB instrument controller. They have a 68000 CPU and
run BASIC. They don't have a screen or keyboard but use a terminal
instead. Once they're programmed they're usually run with no terminal
attached. They do have a very small LED display and a few keys on the
front in order to input Yes/No, numbers and other minimal
information. They also have a built in tape drive and can auto-load
programs in a stand alone mode.

     Joe

At 09:29 AM 7/9/01 -0700, you wrote:

>I reciently inherited a rather stout Tektronix terminal. It sits in it's
>own stand and appears very solidly built. This machine is the classic
>green storage tube phospher (Remember Battlestar Galactica?).
>
>I used one of these in college many years ago and was wondering if there
>were any libraries for cpm era machines I might be able to use to drive
>the graphic modes of this ancient terminal.
>
>
>George Rachor
>
>=========================================================
>George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_rachors.com
>Hillsboro, Oregon http://rachors.com
>United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
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