On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 1:13 PM James Frew <frew@ucsb.edu> wrote:
> Wow, an actual VT-100! Have you tried "smooth scrolling" (aka "barf mode")? AFAIK none of the emulators (or "VT100-compatible" iron, for that matter) ever bothered to replicate this (for which hackers prone to motion sickness remain grateful 🤢)
HDS terminals could do that. I rather liked it, honestly. I don't
recall it ever making me feel sick, but it definitely led to character
overruns. :-/
Smooth scroll was good for 1 application I had. There was a 30 line message with instructions and info about a group. You then hit a hit to fill out a form for more info. The smooth scroll prevented burnin... though the terminal was only active a few months...
Every other time, though, I disabled it post haste.
Warner
- Dan C.
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> /Frew
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> P.S.: Fond memories of the USENIX where Rob Pike, in a talk describing the Blit, announced "and [pause] it is NOT VT-100 compatible", to thunderous applause. A lot of termcap tweakers in that audience...
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> On 2023-12-17 00:08, segaloco via TUHS wrote:
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> secured a VT100 for a reasonable price