Have you ever run a BLIT? It's basically a windowing system over a
serial line except the protocol is really smart, it knows that the
terminal knows how to do a bunch of stuff.
In my opinion, the best serial line terminal ever built.
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 03:29:39PM -0700, Joseph Holsten wrote:
I was wondering why you???d pick this term of all
historical terms to emulate. Now I have a terrible urge to try my hand at an ADM-3A.
Which just reminds me of this teletype 33 ad:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teletype_Model_33_Terminal_June_197…
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2022, at 16:25, Seth Morabito wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've recently been improving the AT&T/Teletype DMD 5620 simulator I
> wrote a few years ago. It can now run either the 8;7;3 or 8;7;5
> firmware. It also now supports executing a local shell or connecting
> directly to a physical or virtual tty device. It runs natively on Linux
> or macOS with X11 or Wayland, but I would love help creating a Windows
> version if you're a Windows programmer (I am an occasional Windows
> user, but I am not at all knowledgeable about Windows programming).
>
> Full details are available here:
https://loomcom.com/3b2/dmd5620_emulator.html
>
> The source code is here:
https://github.com/sethm/dmd_gtk
>
> Many thanks go to my friend Sark (@crtdude on Twitter) for tracking
> down the 8;7;3 firmware and dumping it for me. I'd also like to thank
> Mike Haertel for helping find bugs, providing feedback, and inspiring
> me to get it working with Research Unix in addition to SVR3.
>
> Feedback, bug reports, and pull requests are all welcome!
>
> -Seth
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> Seth Morabito
> Poulsbo, WA
> web(a)loomcom.com