# Tektronix 4010 and 4014 Storage Tube Terminal Emulator

This is a [Tektronix 4010, 4013, 4014 and 4015](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektronix_4010)
terminal emulator for the Raspberry Pi and other Linux systems.

![screen_shot](screendump.png?raw=true "tek4010 screendump")

Below is a screen shot of the spacelab from the ICEMDDN CAD package made on a CDC Cyber 175 mainframe
emulator.

![spacelab](spacelab.png?raw=true "spacelab screendump")

tek4010 can also display historical data for the
[MIT Project MAC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory#Project_MAC)
's ARDS (Advanced Remote Display Station):

![ARDS_screen_shot](trek.png?raw=true "tek4010 ARDS screendump")

tek4010 makes an effort to emulate the [storage tube display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_tube)
of the Tektronix 4010, including the fading bright drawing spot. If the look and feel is not important, you can
use ["xterm"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xterm) instead. "xterm" does not support all
graphics modes of the 4014.

It can be used to log into a historical Unix system such as
[2.11 BSD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution) on the
[PiDP-11](http://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11)
or a real historical system. It can also be used to display historical plot data.

The following picture shows a scale model of the Tektronix 4010 crafted by
Dave Ault using tek4010.

![scale model](scalemodel.jpg?raw=true "scale model of Tektronix 4010")

All instructions can now be found in [Manual.pdf](https://github.com/rricharz/Tek4010/blob/master/Manual.pdf)
in the main Tek4010 directory.

**Version 1.8 or above includes a much improved handling of the bright drawing spot, 
but requires also much more computer power. See chapter 14 of the manual on how
to install it. The standard version installed is 1.7, which works on all
Raspberry Pi models.**