4010

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).

Manuals – Specifications – Links – Pictures

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).

See Also

• CM 015-0205-01
• 067-0861-99

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

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  Tek E4010 ad from Electronic Design, 11 Oct 1975

See also

• 4610, 4611 and 4631 hardcopy devices
• 4924 cartridge tape recorder
• 4662 plotter
• 4957 graphics tablets
• 4051 and 4052/4054 computers

Components