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The 4100 series was an intelligent family of terminals that added segment capability to Tek Graphics. | The 4100 series was an intelligent family of terminals that added segment capability to Tek Graphics. | ||
They would fully emulate the [[4010]]/[[4014]] family. | They would fully emulate the [[4010]]/[[4014]] family. | ||
Segments allowed you to define a graphic object or string and display it. | Segments allowed you to define a graphic object or string and display it. | ||
Rather than going back to the host to redraw, you could change the viewport to zoom | Rather than going back to the host to redraw, you could change the viewport to zoom | ||
and pan and it would do so from the stored data. | and pan and it would do so from the stored data. | ||
The [[4114]] was a [[DVST]] so limited to vectors. | The [[4114]] was a [[DVST]] so limited to vectors. | ||
Others in the family were the [[4012]] mono raster, | Others in the family were the [[4012]] mono raster, [[4013]] color raster, and [[4115]] high resolution color with auto convergence. | ||
[[4013]] color raster, and [[4115]] high resolution color with auto convergence. | |||
They had some 3D models as well. | They had some 3D models as well. | ||
With the raster products you had the ability to define polygons | With the raster products you had the ability to define polygons and the ordering would handle hidden line and polygons if I remember right. | ||
and the ordering would handle hidden line and polygons if I remember right. | They also handled shading and patterns. As such, I don’t know how much of this propagated to the 4114. | ||
They also handled shading and patterns. | |||
As such, I don’t know how much of this propagated to the 4114. | |||
I suspect if you defined a polygon it would draw the outline. | I suspect if you defined a polygon it would draw the outline. | ||
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I do know you needed it fast and you wanted a constant velocity so line thickness would be uniform. | I do know you needed it fast and you wanted a constant velocity so line thickness would be uniform. | ||
There was usually a lot of circuitry to deal with D/A glitches and the like. | There was usually a lot of circuitry to deal with D/A glitches and the like. | ||
Hardcopy and write-through also added challenges. | Hardcopy and write-through also added challenges. | ||
Then of course they had to deal with idiosyncrasies of the 4014. | Then of course they had to deal with idiosyncrasies of the 4014. | ||
The 4014 supported 132 characters in alpha mode. | The 4014 supported 132 characters in alpha mode. | ||
But you could position the beam at the far right, put it back into alpha, | But you could position the beam at the far right, put it back into alpha, | ||
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==Manuals== | |||
* [[Media:061-2566-03.pdf|Reference – 4110 Series Command Reference]] | |||
* [[Media:061-3147-00.pdf|Instruction – 4110/4120 Option 19 4690 Series Color Graphics Copier Interface]] | |||
* [[Media:061-3180-00.pdf|Instruction – 4110/4120 3PPI Interface Addendum for Version 8]] | |||
* [[Media:061-2616-01.pdf|Programmer – 4113 Computer Display Terminal]] | |||
* [[Media:061-2564-01.pdf|Programmer – 4114 Computer Display Terminal]] | |||
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[[Category:Computer terminals]] | [[Category:Computer terminals]] | ||