Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!thad From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: JR-Comm VT100 emulation Message-ID: <37526@cup.portal.com> Date: 3 Jan 91 16:35:30 GMT References: <600@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <37397@cup.portal.com> <647@faatcrl.UUCP> <37439@cup.portal.com> <654@faatcrl.UUCP> <37486@cup.portal.com> <1991Jan2.095359.1418@dayton.saic.com> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 40 fac2@dayton.saic.com (Earle Ake) in <1991Jan2.095359.1418@dayton.saic.com> writes: > > 80 x 24 with standard characters in 80-column mode > 132 x 24 with standard characters in 132-column mode > 40 x 24 with double-wide characters in 80-column mode > 66 x 24 with double-wide characters in 132-column mode I don't believe a real VT100 can do either 40 or 66 lines of text on the screen. My book says "24 lines X 80 characters or 14 lines X 132 characters ... (24 X 132 with Advanced Video Option)". I don't see anywhere it saying it can handle 40 or 66 lines on the screen. The new VT420 series can do that. Maybe you are mistaken. Huh? Not even a VT100 with a Retro-Graphics card with do 40 or 66 lines. Looks like you misread my original lines (shown at the beginning of this reply for reference); in all four examples, it should be painfully clear that "N x 24" means {80,132,40,66} columns by 24 lines. (And, note: 40 = 80/2 and 66 = 132/2 (where the "2" is from being "double wide")). Specifying graphic coords as {X,Y} pairs is fairly common; how would you specify 80 columns and 24 lines? As 24x80 ? Gee, 12 years ago we were using VT100 terminals for video titling for tech presentations and the 66x24 format was really nice; I still demo some of those programs during a once-monthly seminar I give with a VT100 and an Amiga side- by-side; you'd be pleasantly surprised to know how many people come up after the demo and ask more about the Amiga (and that's from amongst my client base including US Govt, universities, etc.; in fact, the University of Santa Clara Graduate School of Business now teaches one of my products as a required part of their MBA program (last I heard; I really don't get involved with marketing that product since I could never get up early enough to talk with customers; and when I say "my" I mean it: spec'd, designed, implemented, shipped; but, consider, it's 8:25am right now, I've been working all night implementing networking support in my product, and am just NOW getting ready to go get some shuteye! :-)). Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]