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From: crs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (It's Slime Time!) Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VT100 (Smooth) Scrolling
Summary: Get Handshake.
Message-ID: <615@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com>
Date: 21 Jul 89 17:06:10 GMT
References: <11735@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
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Organization: AT&T (CPSC), Oakland, CA
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bob@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (robert s. richardson) writes:
< I am looking for a VT100 program that supports smooth scrolling (you
< know, one pixel vertically at a time, just like the real thing.)
< 
< I really like VLT because it lets me use my own custom font, but
< smooth scrolling would A) make reading news a LOT easier on my eyes, and
< B) make for a nice effect in a science fiction TV program I am co-
< producing here at KBVR.
< 
< Thanks,
< | Bob Richardson     (or, for you UNIX buffs: bob@jacobs.cs.orst.edu) |

I've  never used VLT, so I can't address the differences between it and
Handshake, but Handshake does offer a very good VT100/VT220 emulator, and
supports smooth scrolling (I've never tried using alternate fonts, though).

It's also on the Fish disks, so it's easy to find.

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