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From: jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: An Emulator for the Amiga
Message-ID: <4386@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 1 Dec 89 11:20:05 GMT
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In article <21476@usc.edu>, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
> In article <4287@eagle.wesleyan.edu> jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>>Anyway, check your facts... I use GKS on a Vax and all it needs is
>>Tektronix emulation to display graphics. I suspect a VT240 is simply a VT220
>>with Tektronix built in. There are several freely distributable programs with
>>Tektronix emulation available for the Amiga.
> 
> for the Amiga that provide that.  As far as Tektronix graphics is concerned,
> the VT240 doesn't provide anything more than these packages (that is, VT240 
> does not provide Tek 4105/7 color graphics).  BUT, a VT240 includes all the
> stuff in a VT220 (including multinational support), sixel graphics and REGIS
> graphics.  Not a simple undertaking or like somebody has suggested: "take
> Dave Wecker's VT100 and hack a VT240 into it" :-) Just pick up a VT240 manual
> and from the SIZE of it you'll get an idea at what effort would be 
> involved in such a project.

I've heard of emulators with Sixel graphics, (never heard of REGIS though)...
sounds like most of the work has been done with Handshake already. How much
harder could it be to add a few graphics modes? (Tektronix emulators are a dime
a dozen). I guess it probably would be done if there was enough interest, but
VT100 (and 220 for some people) is probably enough for the bulk of the
population.

> 
> -- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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