
Originally Posted by
nikola-wan
I finally figured out how to get my Tektronix 4662 plotter working with my 4054A computer using GPIB.
There are four rotary switches on the back panel that configure either serial or GPIB capabilities. I finally figured out how to set the switches properly for GPIB from the 4662 service manual. Set A=0, B=0, C=0, D=3 to set the plotter to GPIB address 3 and work with the Tektronix 4050 GPIB MSA codes.
Now any Tektronix program that PRINTs to the screen can be modified to PLOT, by changing the PRINT statements to PRINT @3:
I quickly edited one of my BASIC programs that port Tektronix 4114 terminal graphics to print on the 4050 computer screen, to plot on my 4662.
Here is a video and photo of the first plot: Snoopy, the Red Baron
https://youtu.be/hGmodCc9Hh4

That Snoopy and the Marilyn M. must have been everywhere back in the day. Your Snoopy looks just line the one our ASR-33 used to put out only it was done with x's & o's. We didn't have access to a plotter.
Surely not everyone was Kung-fu fighting
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