diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index dc23ac3..d6deaf9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ video of a an [animation using the tek4010](https://youtu.be/7FMewaoEOmk), a vid - Full screen resolution in -full mode - Coordinate system: 1024 x 780 and 4096 x 3072 tek points - All Tektronix 4014 modes, including graphical input mode (GIN) and write-through mode + - Supports grayscale images (Tektronix 4014 intensity chart) - APL character set and keyboard for Tektronix 4013 and Tektronix 4015 - telnet and rsh connection to host and direct display of plot files - baud rates: 300 to 19200 @@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ tek4010 has the following options: Emulate a baud rate. Without one of these arguments, the baud rate is 19200 baud. The original Tektronix 4010 had a maximal baud rate of 9600 baud. The 4014 could support up to 100000 baud with a special - interface. With the small baud rates you can emulate 1970s + interface. With the small baud rates you can emulate 1970s style modem performance. Early modems had a baud rate of 300. -full in this mode the tek4010 emulator creates a full screen window, and @@ -333,9 +334,9 @@ tek4010 has the following options: close the tek4010 window. -fullv in this mode the tek4010 emulator creates a decorated window - using the maximal vertical space available. The full resolution of - the 4014 with the enhanced graphics module installed is used, - scaled down to the actual window size + using the maximal vertical space available. The full resolution of + the 4014 with the enhanced graphics module installed is used, + scaled down to the actual window size -ARDS display ARDS data @@ -343,8 +344,8 @@ tek4010 has the following options: Details see below. -autoClear erase screen if a line feed is executed at the bottom of the screen. - This makes it sometimes easier to use tek4010 as the only terminal. It - is not the behaviour of the original hardware. + This makes it sometimes easier to use tek4010 as the only terminal. It + is not the behaviour of the original hardware. -keepsize tek4010 sets the fontsize to normal whenever the screen is erased. This option keeps the currently selected font size until it is @@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ directory, type You should see the following line displayed: - /usr/share/fonts/truetype/apl385/Apl385.ttf: APL385 Unicode:style=Regular + /usr/share/fonts/truetype/apl385/Apl385.ttf: APL385 Unicode:style=Regular While still being in the apl directory, you can test the APL character set using @@ -463,6 +464,15 @@ ARDS manual (see manuals folder) The font used by tek4010 is defined in tube.h. If you prefer to use a different font (for example a dotted font), define STANDARD_FONT and STANDARD_FONT_SIZE in tube.h and recompile the program. +**Making grayscale images for tek4010** + +The Tektronix 4014 was able to display grayscale images using the "special point plot mode", which was +state of the art for the 1970s. The grayscale had only 64 values and was very nonlinear. There are +very few such grayscale images still available, but you can make your own images using my tool +[make-tek-image](https://github.com/rricharz/make-tek-image). + +![screen_shot](spock.png?raw=true "tek4010 screendump") + **Help wanted** I am interested to find any recoverable original software using the graphical input modes of the diff --git a/spock.png b/spock.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb37692 Binary files /dev/null and b/spock.png differ