Tektronix 4051
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Vector
display The
4051 is a 6800 based BASIC computer that was introduced in 1976. The
price was $6995 and the base memory was 8kbyte. Instead of a
regular CRT as a display it uses a DVST, Direct View Storage Tube so that the
display itself keeps the drawn image by a special arrangement of electrode
beams inside the tube. DVST was a technology that Tektronix has mastered for
very long time in its range of analogue storage oscilloscopes and also made
use for in their line of terminals and computers. The slot to the right is a
tape drive for DC300 quarter inch tape cartridges.
As
usual with this type of computer it comes with different ROM packs to extend
the capabilities of the computer. |
Collection also includes 4907 Floppy Drive system, 4051E01 ROM expansion, 4924 GPIB tape drive, 4631 photo-thermal printer, test fixture, extra motherboards and parts. Also, a 4662 and 4663 plotters.
Tektronix made various flatbed plotters. There
was the single pen 4661 and 4662, an eight pen version of the 4662, and the
"C" sized two pen 4663.