[TUHS] Compatibility question

James Frew frew at ucsb.edu
Mon Dec 18 04:04:09 AEST 2023


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 🤢)

/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
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