Tektronix 4052 Vector Graphics Computer - PLOT10 Demo

[@Waffle4569]

I didn't know it was possible for me to feel nostalgia for an era I wasn't even alive for.

[@fredsalter1915]

Mad skill! I think the Tech Wizard is the mascot for ImageMagick

[@suvetar]

I could watch this all night! Bugss45 looks very much like the output of a "Lorenz Attractor" it's to do with Chaos theory and in particular how weather systems can become very hard to predict.

[@suvetar]

Isco14 has a beautiful gothic font!

[@lordterra1377]

This gives me hardcore synthwave vibes.

[@alexandermirdzveli3200]

Thank you for a very interesting lecture!

[@faxcorp]

Fantastic

[@ekpiyalichai]

Thanks for sharing this gem 💚

[@fungo6631]

Surprised John Carpenter didn't use this to create the CGI scenes in Escape from New York.

[@ImShironeko]

Wow, I didn't expect to see this! Nice video!

[@serqetry]

I love your vector videos! Some of these made me think of the opening credits scene of the 1979 Disney movie The Black Hole, and I was wondering if you've come across any demos that draw a black hole like that? Or maybe you would consider making a program to do it? It would look amazing on one of these computers!

[@TEK-Vectors]

I'll have to check out the opening credits of that movie.

[@GeorgesChannel]

Very nice video, Monty!

[@HotDrPepper]

this looks stunning! are there any vector graphic displays with composite inputs you recommend? (I understand I will have to hunt one down second-hand, do you have recommendations for a specific model I should look out for)? thank you in advance

[@TEK-Vectors]

No Tektronix vector graphics terminals (4010/4012/4014) or vector graphics microcomputers (4051/4052/4054) had any display memory - the storage tube was the memory device. Composite video output (from video games or early PCs) is generated from reading video display memory at a fixed rate (related to the timing of broadcast television signals) and converting the video memory values to composite video voltages representing different color values. Tektronix vector terminals and vector microcomputers did have a Storage Display copier (4611/4631/4632 see vintagetek.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/StorageCopiersBrochure_Nov1980.pdf) that attached to the terminal or computer with a special cable. Pressing the Copy button on the keyboard would cause a vertical beam to scan the storage tube from left to right in a couple of seconds and send the voltage to the hard copy unit which contained a single scan line CRT which transferred the entire screen image of vector text and graphics to 3M photo sensitive paper while the terminal or microcomputer screen was being scanned. See my post that shows Battlestar Galactica original TV show getting a hard copy from a Tektronix 4051 on a 4631 of a list of explosive experts on the prison barge: forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/my-battlestar-galactica-demo-for-tektronix-4050-computers.1215608/post-1215728 Here is a vintagetek.org museum photo (on this page: vintagetek.org/4051-graphic-desktop-system/) of a 4052 next to a 4631 that shows the single line Tektronix copier CRT on top of the 4631 and the 4051/4052 direct-view-storage-tube on the right side of the table: 7vmc31.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/4052-4631.jpg

[@andrepohle7485]

Wie wurden solche Bilder erstellt?

[@TEK-Vectors]

These images were originally created on mainframe and minicomputer CAD programs to display on Tektronix 4010/4012 or 4014 storage tube terminals in the 1970's. The source files were posted by the Tektronix 4014 program manager Chuck Forsberg on his "OMEN Technologies" website around 2008. I have both a Tektronix 4052 and 4054A storage tube vector graphics microcomputer running BASIC. These microcomputers were introduced after the 401x terminals as personal vector graphics workstations running BASIC programs. I converted the 401x terminal .plt files to the 4050R12 Enhanced Graphics ROM Pack 3-byte per vector format, which displays the original .plt files much faster than the terminals would have displayed them at 9600 baud RS-232 serial.

[@РустемМазитов-х2к]

hi!! I cant find your email , so I think i will try here in comments, I love your videos so much, can I please use them in my music video??

[@TEK-Vectors]

yes, if you credit my video in your music video

[@РустемМазитов-х2к]

@@TEK-Vectors yes, I definitely will! Thank you so much!!