blogpost: Tektronix terminals and Apollo DN10000

Richard legalize at xmission.com
Thu May 1 11:37:10 CDT 2008


In article <51ea77730804302101j8e14000j1fb2bc442f007809 at mail.gmail.com>,
    "Jason T" <silent700 at gmail.com>  writes:

> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
> > <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/2008/04/30/tektronix-4010-4051-and-4114
-and-apollo-dn10000-join-the-collection/>
> >
> 
> Cool!  Love the crosshair cursor and inconvenient roller system to
> control it.  No mouse back then!

The mouse was invented, but AFAIK Tektronix didn't start offering
products with mice until the mid-to-late 80s?  They did offer a
joystick accessory for the 4051, which looks like the weirdest
joystick I've ever seen.
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