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).

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Prices

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

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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
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

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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