[TUHS] v6 basic did graphics?

[ron minnich via TUHS]

we also had graphics on v6 via the famed tektronix green screen terminals.
Not sure how widely the programs were distributed, but they were used at
udel.

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM Will Senn via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> Will wonders never cease? I learned today that bas, v6's basic did
> graphics on a vt01 connected via another pdp-11/20. I thought, if they
> could do it back in the day, why not today :). So, after a bit of AI
> enhanced learning and some tweaks to simh, I got it working as a v6vt
> endpoint leveraging simh's existing code for display.
>
> The post: https://decuser.github.io/posts/v6-basic-with-graphics/
>
> This is the bottom line result in v6:
>
> # bas
> 10 erase
> 20 draw .2 .2 0
> 30 draw .8 .2 1
> 40 draw .8 .8 1
> 50 draw .2 .8 1
> 60 draw .2 .2 1
> 70 draw .35 .5 0
> 80 display "UNIX V6 BASIC"
> 90 done
> run
>
> UNIX V6 BASIC in PDP-11 V6VT - NG Display Window
>
>
> For me it was just, wow! now, I can do graphics in v6, who'd of thunk it.
>
> Later,
>
> Will
>