Tek4010 is an emulator for Tektronix 4010/4014 graphics terminals. It reproduces the behavior of the original storage tube display, including realistic drawing speed and the true fading of the drawing spot over time.
This makes it possible to experience historical plot files and legacy Unix systems as they originally behaved.
Choose your platform:
- Raspberry Pi / Linux → raspberrypi.txt
- macOS → macos.txt
- Windows (WSL) → windows.txt
These files contain a short and simple installation guide.
More detailed instructions are available in:
- docs/raspberrypi.md
- docs/macos.md
- docs/windows-wsl.md
After installation, run:
tek4010 -noexit cat test.plt
You should see a graphical display.
Examples and demo files are included in the repository:
- demos/demo.sh
- pltfiles/
- ardsfiles/
- This project is distributed as source.
- Installation is intentionally simple and transparent.
- If something does not work on a future system, it can be adapted locally.
This emulator is designed to support historical Unix environments and related hardware projects such as PiDP-11 systems.
This makes it possible to experience historical plot files and legacy Unix systems as they originally behaved.