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I think these plot files were originally collected by Chuck Forsberg,
but may have been altered by others. Thanks to Jos Dreesen who has
kept them on his ftp site. Use them for your personal use only. This
directory is not part of the GNU public license of the repository.
Tektronix developed a number of graphics terminals based on their
green phosphor direct view bistable storage tubes in the 1960s
and 1970s. Google "DVBST".
Demonstrating these terminals initially required a computer, either
a heavy minicomputer or a slow modem link to a timesharing machine.
After introducing the 4010 he developed the Audio Recorder Interface
(ARI) board. A Sony Cassette recorder and a good chrome tape
recorded 9600 bps data with a reasonable error rate.
Many of the .plt files in this directory were copied from
cassette tapes recorded in the 70s. Some have errors ("line hits")
in them.