18 Dec
2023
18 Dec
'23
1:26 a.m.
On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 1:13 PM James Frew <frew(a)ucsb.edu> wrote:
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. :-/
- Dan C.
/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