14 Sep
2022
14 Sep
'22
1:48 p.m.
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.
Please do! There is a suite of terminal emulators that try to use the
original font and render the display somewhat pleasingly. It includes
VT05, VT50, VT52, DataPoint 3300, and a few more. Arguably it's mostly
eye candy, but I'd say it adds a little retro flair to the experience.
In a similar vein, I have written terminal simulators that run the
original VT100 and VT52 firmware and try to render the video output in
real time.
Which just reminds me of this teletype 33 ad:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teletype_Model_33_Terminal_June_197…
I have long maintained we need a good teletype emulator... nay,
simulator. Think physics engine.
