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Tektronix 4010

Graphics terminal

Produced from 1971 to (?)

Manuals

(All manuals in PDF format unless noted otherwise)

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

The Tektronix 4010 is a graphics terminal announced at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in October 1971, based on an 11" direct-view storage tube displaying vectors in 10-bit resolution (1024×780 visible).

It succeeded the 4002 model from 1969 and founded the very successful 4010 family that also includes the 11" 4012/4013 (1973) that added lowercase characters, the 19" 4014/4015 (1974), and the 25" 4016 (1979).

The 4010-1 variant includes circuitry that allows the stored image to be printed using a 4610 hard copy unit.

The E4010 and E4010-1 are cost-reduced ("economy") versions introduced in 1975. They omit the thumbwheel inputs only.

In later years, 4010-series commands were widely emulated in third-party products (then typically raster-based graphics terminals).

Prices

$3,950 in 1971 (~30,000 in 2024 dollars)

Links

DVST Graphic Terminals @ vintagetek.org
Tektronix 4010 @ terminals-wiki
Tektronix 4010 @ classiccmp.org
Tektronix 4010 @ Wikipedia
4010 in operation / Another demo (@ YouTube)
Open Source Tek 4010 series emulator for Raspberry Pi and other Linux systems

Documents Referencing 4010

Document	Class	Title	Authors	Year	Links
History of the Information Display Division - John Lamb, June 1974.pdf	Article	History of the Information Display Division	John Lamb	1974	Information Display Division • 601 • 611 • 602 • 4002 • 4501 • 4005 • 4601 • 4901 • 4951 • 4002A • 4551 • 4701 • Tekplot • 4602 • 4010 • 4610 • 4911 • 4912 • 613 • 4903 • 4012 • 4013 • 4014 • 4015 • 4023 • 4503 • 4921 • 4922 • 4953 • 4954
Data Acquisition and Processing on Electron Beam Fusion Accelerators - William Boyer 1978.pdf	Article	DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING ON ELECTRON BEAM FUSION ACCELERATORS	William B. Boyer	1978	R7912 • 4010 • 4610 • 4631 • 1340

Pictures

Tek E4010 ad from Electronic Design, 11 Oct 1975

Components

Some Parts Used in the 4010

Part	Part Number(s)	Class	Description	Used in
155-0035-00	155-0035-00 • 155-0116-00	Monolithic integrated circuit	quad op-amp	3110 • 3S7 • 3T7 • 492 • 492A • 492AP • 492P • 494 • 494P • 496 • 496P • 4010 • 4011 • 4012 • 4013 • 7L5 • 7L12 • 7L13 • 7L14 • 7L18 • 7S11 • 7T11 • 7S12 • S-6 • 1461 • 4602 • P7001 • 613 • 653

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+{{Instrument Sidebar
+|manufacturer=Tektronix
+|model=4010
+|class=Terminal
+|series=4010
+|summary=Graphics terminal
+|image=Tek 4010 trace2.jpg
+|caption=Tektronix 4010
+|introduced=1971
+|discontinued=(?)
+|designers=Chuck Forsberg;
+|manuals=
+* [[Media:070-1225-00.pdf|Tektronix 4010/4010-1 User Manual]]
+* [[Media:070-1183-01.pdf|Tektronix 4010/4010-1 Service Manual]]
+* [[Media:070-1183-01.pdf|Tektronix 4010/4010-1 Service Manual]] Rev.B
+* [[Media:070-1458-00.pdf|021-0065-00 Data Communications Interface Unit for 4010]]
+* [[Media:070-1869-02.pdf|4010 PLOT 10 Users Reference]]
+* [[Media:070-1644-00.pdf|021-0093-02 TTY Interface for 4010-Series Terminals with Interdata 70 Computers]]
+}}
 [[File:Tek4010-1.jpg|thumb|350px|right]]
-The '''Tektronix 4010''' is a graphics terminal [[introduced in 1972]].  It is based on an 11" [[direct-view storage tube]] displaying vectors on a 1024×780 resolution raster.
+The '''Tektronix 4010''' is a graphics terminal [[introduced in 1971|announced at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in October 1971]], based on an 11" [[direct-view storage tube]] displaying vectors in 10-bit resolution (1024×780 visible).
-The 4010-1 includes circuitry that allows the stored image to be printed using a [[4610]] hard copy unit.
+It succeeded the [[4002]] model from 1969 and founded the very successful 4010 family that also includes the 11" [[4012]]/[[4013]] (1973) that added lowercase characters, the 19" [[4014]]/[[4015]] (1974), and the 25" [[4016]] (1979).
-Other members of the 4010 family are the 19-inch [[4014]] and 25-inch [[4016]].
+The 4010-1 variant includes circuitry that allows the stored image to be printed using a [[4610]] hard copy unit.
-==Manual==
+The '''E4010''' and '''E4010-1''' are cost-reduced ("economy") versions introduced in 1975.  They omit the thumbwheel inputs only.
-* [[Media:070-1225-00.pdf|Tektronix 4010 Manual (PDF, needs OCR)]]
+In later years, 4010-series commands were widely emulated in third-party products (then typically raster-based graphics terminals).
+== See Also==
+* [[CM 015-0205-01]]
+* [[067-0861-99]]
+==Prices==
+* $3,950 in 1971 (~30,000 in 2024 dollars)
 ==Links==
+* [https://vintagetek.org/dvst-graphic-terminals/ DVST Graphic Terminals] @ vintagetek.org
 * [https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Tektronix_4010 Tektronix 4010 @ terminals-wiki]
+* [http://terminals.classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Tektronix_4010 Tektronix 4010 @ classiccmp.org]
 * [[wikipedia:Tektronix 4010|Tektronix 4010 @ Wikipedia]]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IztxeoHhoyM 4010 in operation] / [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq49CyWMZ_c Another demo] (@ YouTube)
 * [https://github.com/rricharz/Tek4010 Open Source Tek 4010 series emulator for Raspberry Pi and other Linux systems]
+{{Documents|Link=4010}}
-==Photos==
+==Pictures==
 <gallery>
 Tek 4010 trace2.jpg
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 Tektronix 4010 31.jpg
 Tektronix 4010 32.jpg
+Tek E4010 ad from Electronic Design 1975-10-11.jpg | Tek E4010 ad from Electronic Design, 11 Oct 1975
 </gallery>
+==See also==
+* [[4610]], [[4611]] and [[4631]] hardcopy devices
+* [[4924]] cartridge tape recorder
+* [[4662]] plotter
+* [[4957]] graphics tablets
+* [[4051]] and [[4052|4052/4054]] computers
+==Components==
+{{Parts|4010}}
 [[Category:4000-Series Terminals]]
 [[Category:Introduced in 1972]]