Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 21:17:43 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com (Bill/Carolyn Pechter) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vt100/syscons/pcvt Message-ID: <199605301917.VAA08231@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199605292327.TAA13134@shell.monmouth.com> from "Bill/Carolyn Pechter" at May 29, 96 07:27:48 pm
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As Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote... > > > > take in these comparatively early days of GUI technology, so be it - > > > > just consider me 3-4 years ahead of my time on this issue. :-) > > > > > > Ehh, even the VT100 can handle 132 columns 8) > > > > Wrong. Only a VT100 with an AVO installed. (For the curious: the Advanced > > Video Option board). > > > > Bzzt. Wrong. The vt100 without AVO would do 14 lines of 132 columns. > Check the vt100 handbook and old termcap (Uniplus SYS III I think sources...) 14 lines is unusable in my book. But you are right. You need the couple of 2114 SRAMs to make the other lines possible. > Bill > ex-DEC Field Circus > Vax and VT100 board shuffler... Oh, the days when 1 kbyte was expensive... Wilko _ __________________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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