Re: [Unix-jun72] T4002A

In message: <20080509.133856.-563881688.imp(a)bsdimp.com> M. Warner Losh <imp(a)bsdimp.com> writes: : In message: <2F53B3D5-9ADD-4708-A503-5897F9BCCB98(a)uwlax.edu> : Milo Velimirovic <milov(a)uwlax.edu> writes: : : I worked with a successor device the Tektronix 4010. It's a storage : : scope that doubles as a terminal. It ought to be easy enough to : : emulate the alphanumeric part of this with a terminal but the : : graphical capabilities would be a challenge -- especially if : : portability was an issue. But if it wasn't challenging it wouldn't be : : interesting or any fun.... : : IIRC, the good news here is that the Tektronix terminal was just a : serial attached device that did its drawing with escape sequences that : are well documented/understood. Many early X terminal emulators has a : tektronix mode, for example. That makes emulation a little easier. : : I hope that the 4002A is one of these beasts. I recall seeing it on : an emulation list for a tektronix emulator I worked with in the early : 1990's, but it has been long enough that the neurons may have : decayed... Pictures of the real thing: http://www.science.uva.nl/museum/tek4002a.html Warner