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The '''Tektronix 611''' is a storage display monitor [[introduced in 1967|introduced in October 1967]].

It was the monitor included in Tektronix' first graphics terminal, the [[4002]].

Regarding 611 development, [[Dan Denham]] recalls:

I joined a small group in 1964 working on a new storage tube product destined to become the 611.

We were, [[Norm Winningstad]], who reported to [[Howard Vollum]] and I think the President at the time,

Phd. [[Carlo Infante]], Engineer [[Stuart NcNaughton]], Technicians [[Walt Lowy]], [[Leo Heineck]] and myself.

We worked with CRT Engineering as they developed the 11" Anderson Storage CRT.

The 611 product was not immediately successful.

We learned customers wanted software to make it become a terminal, and some means of hard copy.

Thus began the Terminal group.

We always had "Display" in our title, but really were a computer terminal group.

The group was expanded to include Digital Engineers and Software Engineers.

[[John Griffin]] was placed in charge of terminal development and [[Chuck Gibson]] headed up a group to design a printer.

The 611 became the core of a storage tube computer terminal.

In 1968 I left the group temporarily and moved to Corvallis.

I attended OSU for 2 years at Tektronix's expense.

The group developed and introduced to the world the storage tube terminal.

I returned to Tek in 1970 as an Engineer and was assigned to Chuck's group working on several different projects.

This was the beginning of the real fun years for me.

We tried all kinds of ideas while Chuck and a few folks introduced the printer using 3M's Dry Silver paper printer.

None of this work had much digital circuitry, it was basically all analog circuitry.

In those days memory came in 2k memory chips.

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 The '''Tektronix 611''' is a storage display monitor [[introduced in 1967|introduced in October 1967]].
 It was the monitor included in Tektronix' first graphics terminal, the [[4002]].
+Regarding 611 development, [[Dan Denham]] recalls:
+<blockquote>
+I joined a small group in 1964 working on a new storage tube product destined to become the 611.
+We were, [[Norm Winningstad]], who reported to [[Howard Vollum]] and I think the President at the time,
+Phd. [[Carlo Infante]], Engineer [[Stuart NcNaughton]], Technicians [[Walt Lowy]], [[Leo Heineck]] and myself.
+We worked with CRT Engineering as they developed the 11" Anderson Storage CRT.
+The 611 product was not immediately successful.
+We learned customers wanted software to make it become a terminal, and some means of hard copy.
+Thus began the Terminal group.
+We always had "Display" in our title, but really were a computer terminal group.
+The group was expanded to include Digital Engineers and Software Engineers.
+[[John Griffin]] was placed in charge of terminal development and [[Chuck Gibson]] headed up a group to design a printer.
+The 611 became the core of a storage tube computer terminal.
+In 1968 I left the group temporarily and moved to Corvallis.
+I attended OSU for 2 years at Tektronix's expense.
+The group developed and introduced to the world the storage tube terminal.
+I returned to Tek in 1970 as an Engineer and was assigned to Chuck's group working on several different projects.
+This was the beginning of the real fun years for me.
+We tried all kinds of ideas while Chuck and a few folks introduced the printer using 3M's Dry Silver paper printer.
+None of this work had much digital circuitry, it was basically all analog circuitry.
+In those days memory came in 2k memory chips.
+</blockquote>
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