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The Tektronix 611 is a storage display. | {{Oscilloscope Sidebar | ||
|manufacturer=Tektronix | |||
It is specified as supporting 300 by 400 line pairs, roughly equivalent to | |series=600-series monitors | ||
600 by 800 pixels. | |model=611 | ||
|summary=11" CRT storage monitor | |||
|image=Tek 611 1 crop.jpg | caption=611 Mod 162C | |||
|introduced=1967|discontinued=(?) | |||
|designers=Norm Winningstad;Dan Denham;Carlo Infante;Stu McNaughton;Walt Lowy;Leo Heineck | |||
|manuals= | |||
* [[Media:Tek 611 pages from 1970 catalog.pdf|Tektronix 611 page from 1970 Catalog]] | |||
* [[Media:070-0752-02.pdf|Tektronix 611 Manual]] | |||
* [[Media:Tek 611 fcp march 1968.pdf|Tektronix 611 Factory Calibration Procedure, March 1968]] | |||
<small>'''Modifications''' | |||
* [[Media:040-0551-00.pdf|Rack Adapter]] | |||
* [[Media:040-0557-00.pdf|4601 Hardcopy Unit compatibility]] | |||
* [[Media:Tek 611 mod 040-0557 schematics.pdf|Mod 040-0557 Schematics]] | |||
* [[Media:Tek 611 hardcopy mod m16-560.pdf|Tektronix 611 Hardcopy Modification M16,560]] | |||
* [[Media:Tek type 611 mod 162c.pdf|Tektronix 611 Mod 162C]] | |||
</small> | |||
}} | |||
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 McNaughton]], 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> | |||
{{MissingSpecs}} | |||
The 611 uses a magnetic deflection storage CRT with a viewable area of 21 cm by 16.2 cm. | |||
It is specified as supporting 300 by 400 line pairs, roughly equivalent to 600 by 800 pixels. | |||
It uses a maximum of 250 watts and has a fan. | It uses a maximum of 250 watts and has a fan. | ||
* [ | ==Links== | ||
* [http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2009-May/ | * [[Media:Service_Scope_47_Dec_1967.pdf|Service Scope 47, December 1967]] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141002162856/http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2009-May/065815.html Discussion of the Tek 611 on the Classic Computers mailing list] | |||
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/EK-AA11K-TM-001_Jul76.pdf DEC Manual Discussing the Tek 611] | * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/EK-AA11K-TM-001_Jul76.pdf DEC Manual Discussing the Tek 611] | ||
* [https://vintagetek.org/type-1100-storage-display-unit/ Type 1100 Storage Display Unit] @ vintagetek.org | |||
==Pictures== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Tek 611 uk1.jpg | Standard vertical 611 | |||
Tek 611 1 crop.jpg | Horizontal version 611 Mod 162C | |||
611.jpg|611 in [[Media:Service_Scope_47_Dec_1967.pdf|Service Scope 47, December 1967]] | |||
Tek 611 2.jpg | |||
Tek 611 3.jpg | |||
Tek 611 4.jpg | |||
Tek 611 5.jpg | |||
Tek 611 6.jpg | |||
Tek 611 uk2.jpg | |||
Tek 611 uk3.jpg | |||
Tek 611 uk4.jpg | |||
Tek 611 uk5.jpg | |||
Tek 611 uk6.jpg | |||
Tek 611 trace.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 01 front.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 02 rear.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 03 bottom.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 04 left.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 05 right.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 06 attenuator hidden behind bar.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 07 removed bar to access attenuator.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 08 right HV + Z axis.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 09 HV internal.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 10.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 11 Z axis pcb.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 12 solder wire.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 13 warning use correct solder.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 14 bottom low voltage power.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 15 left X and Y amplifiers.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 17 top HV power.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 18 HV power.jpg | |||
Tektronix 611 19 HV power open.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:600 series CRT monitors]] | |||
[[Category:Introduced in 1967]] |