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