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From: ian@sq.uucp (Ian F. Darwin)
Date: Mon, 22-Feb-88 20:00:11 EST
Message-ID: <1988Feb22.200011.7324@sq.uucp>
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Best Terminal: AT&T 630?
References: <6789@sol.ARPA> <212@hal.UUCP>
Reply-To: ian@sq.com (Ian F. Darwin)
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Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto

Aydin "Bif" Edguer (ane@hal.UUCP) writes:
> This is actually a loose description.  Too many terminals fit into this
> classification.  Here is just a small sample of such terminals.  You might
> want to get more specific.

The original poster wanted bitmap graphics so he/she could
write a dvi previewer.

AT&T (you know, the UNIX\(tm folks) has the AT&T 630 MTG (MultiTasking
Graphics) terminal.  A derivative of the Bell Labs Research "Blit"
terminal originated by Pike and Locanthi, the 630 is powered by an
MC68000 CPU and features full bitmap graphics, multiple active windows
on each host (with proper host software), lots of mouse interaction, a
miniature programming environment in ROM (with the flavor of the UNIX
operating system) that allows - with no host support - such operations
as mouse-cutting text from one host window and pasting it into a window
on an otherwise-totally-incompatible host, a comprehensive programming
toolkit (including font caching) that would allow you to write a dvi
driver; 2 ports standard (on two hosts), up to 4 available (including 1
AT&T 6500 for ibm channel attach at 56KBs), one of which can be a local
printer.  The screen is 1024x1024 pixels on a 16" CRT, 60/50 Hz
non-interlaced display.

I have one on my desk, and I love it.