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From: jac@ssibbs.UUCP (James Crotinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VLT and other TLAs
Keywords: unexpanded abbreviations
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Date: 27 Feb 89 17:01:57 GMT
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   For all those who don't know, VLT is a VT100/Tektronix terminal emulator
written by Willy Langeveld at SLAC (that's Stanford Linear ACcelerator, I
believe). He is also the moderator of the amiga.user conference on BIX
(Byte Information eXchange). VLT offers VT100 emulation similar to VT100 2.6,
which was its parent (although it has been mostly rewritten, and doesn't 
really resemble the VT100 programs much anymore). It also offers Tektronix
4010/4014 graphics terminal emulation, with several 4105 extensions (esp.
12 bit vectors (4096x4096 resolution) and color pen commands). Finally, it
has an AREXX port (AREXX is the Amiga version of the REXX programming
language).

   (I'm afraid I have no idea what either VLT or REXX stand for, if
anything. Sorry. 8-). 

  Jim


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                               Jim Crotinger
                               crotinger%mit.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa