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From: amit@umn-cs.UUCP (Neta Amit)
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Subject: Re: tek4014 previewer?
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Date: Sat, 25-Apr-87 23:32:20 EDT
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Posted: Sat Apr 25 23:32:20 1987
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How strange... Just a few days ago I contacted Barbara Beeton, TUGBoat
editor, and asked the same question. 
What motivated me was an ad about a video board (plus display) that connect
to a Wyse-50 terminal. The 14-inch display turns into a graphics terminal
of ~1000x800 (1024x1024 physical), with 1000000 pixel/sec drawing time.
The package includes emulation for a Tektronic 4010/4014. True emulation,
they say...
I contacted the company. A year ago they charged $1100 for the package.
Now it's $495.  No University discounts.

$355 (for a Wyse-50) + $495 (board) =Tek 4014 ...  Not a bad deal!
(plus 2 hrs of my time for assembly).

A dvi24014 would be real nice. But so far I haven't heard anything.
Does anyone in Netland know about such a program?

[ If someone were to write it from scratch, s/he may also want to consider
the Princeton Graphics LM-300 display. At resolution of 1600x1200, with
4 grey levels, they claim they reach 300dpi. I've seen the display
selling for $550 or so, and the video board (LM-300A) for another $550.
They are driven by a PC-XT/AT, and come with software to edit (cut&paste?)
the display. ]

--Neta Amit (amit@umn-cs)
  Univ of Minnesota CSCi