[HN Gopher] DVST Graphic Terminals
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       DVST Graphic Terminals
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 72 points
       Date   : 2024-12-19 11:35 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (vintagetek.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (vintagetek.org)
        
       | rbanffy wrote:
       | Kind of similar to the Plato IV plasma displays: when memory is
       | too expensive, you store data on the screen.
        
       | watsocd wrote:
       | I went to a high school 1974-80 that was close to the University
       | of Waterloo in Ontario Canada. Even then they were a big computer
       | school.
       | 
       | Through my high school, I had access to the UW computer
       | resources.
       | 
       | I remember using Tektronix's terminals at 9,600 baud direct to
       | the mainframe. Man that was FAST!!
        
         | rbanffy wrote:
         | And the way it flashes when a line is stored is sublime.
         | 
         | I somehow managed to convince the VTE people to let me add
         | Tektronix emulation to the terminal, but, it wasn't until now
         | that I managed to get my hands on what I want to be the
         | reference implementation - a VT240 running under MAME. I even
         | added some BASIC programs to my MP/M emulation (under SimH) to
         | showcase what it can do (and compare with xterm's emulation,
         | which I don't really like).
        
           | theodric wrote:
           | Do you have a repo with your demos you'd like to share? I'm a
           | Tek terminal obsessive, although my 17-year search for a real
           | one has so far been fruitless, so it's emulators only for me.
        
             | rbanffy wrote:
             | A couple.
             | 
             | https://github.com/rbanffy/altair-
             | mpm/blob/develop/TEKLINES....
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             | This repo has a couple BASIC examples that should run on
             | CP/M.
             | 
             | This other is probably more useful:
             | 
             | https://github.com/rbanffy/fun_with_tektronix
        
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