18 Dec
2023
18 Dec
'23
2:08 a.m.
On Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 12:26 PM Dan Cross <crossd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 1:13 PM James Frew
<frew(a)ucsb.edu> wrote:
Smooth scroll was good for 1 application I had. There was a 30 line message
with instructions and info about a group. You then hit a hit to fill out a
form for more info. The smooth scroll prevented burnin... though the
terminal was only active a few months...
Every other time, though, I disabled it post haste.
Warner
- Dan C.
Wow, an actual VT-100! Have you tried
"smooth scrolling" (aka "barf
mode")? AFAIK none of the
emulators (or "VT100-compatible" iron, for that
matter) ever bothered to replicate this (for which hackers prone to motion
sickness remain grateful 🤢)
HDS terminals could do that. I rather liked it, honestly. I don't
recall it ever making me feel sick, but it definitely led to character
overruns. :-/
/Frew
P.S.: Fond memories of the USENIX where Rob Pike, in a talk describing
the Blit,
announced "and [pause] it is NOT VT-100 compatible", to
thunderous applause. A lot of termcap tweakers in that audience...
On 2023-12-17 00:08, segaloco via TUHS wrote:
secured a VT100 for a reasonable price