From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1692 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2022 00:37:26 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 5 Aug 2022 00:37:26 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA9240E5B; Fri, 5 Aug 2022 10:37:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail105.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail105.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.249]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45B8040E56 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2022 10:37:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (unknown [49.3.23.219]) by mail105.syd.optusnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91A4810C8E2C; Fri, 5 Aug 2022 10:37:14 +1000 (AEST) From: Andrew Newman Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_786217FD-34F9-483D-BE05-CACEFC1A0666" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.21\)) Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 10:37:11 +1000 In-Reply-To: <65dd4b96-d08d-610e-5fa7-d228f093b78d@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> To: tuhs@tuhs.org References: <6a4c75af-0fe4-1056-6421-2e473948c07b@jfloren.net> <566D98A2-B976-44A9-BD53-F10ECC7E24BC@iitbombay.org> <65dd4b96-d08d-610e-5fa7-d228f093b78d@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.21) X-Optus-CM-Score: 0 X-Optus-CM-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=VuxAv86n c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=62ec663b a=wZytPbpvx2C9HbH0MiyUYg==:117 a=wZytPbpvx2C9HbH0MiyUYg==:17 a=RSmzAf-M6YYA:10 a=AoeSMSUmAAAA:8 a=UxsAKQ9BAAAA:8 a=vVnFWdS0tm8w6HianJ4A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=ftQMcGJI5fBzoFAXc4wA:9 a=EGh5-QYJiLqby3Ko:21 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 a=lqcHg5cX4UMA:10 a=2UY7SMgi64q-0UtCmZ5F:22 a=d_mXNDjUptLsIMHJEirF:22 Message-ID-Hash: 4ILXQJP2AWE7NZNQLPGFA3KUCQUEEQPJ X-Message-ID-Hash: 4ILXQJP2AWE7NZNQLPGFA3KUCQUEEQPJ X-MailFrom: atrn@optusnet.com.au X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: Grant Taylor X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: The MGR window system and the Macintosh List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --Apple-Mail=_786217FD-34F9-483D-BE05-CACEFC1A0666 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On 5 Aug 2022, at 9:09 am, Grant Taylor via TUHS = wrote: >=20 >=20 > The idea of something doing graphics over a serial port is intriguing = to me. Eliding some form of IP over a dial up connection. >=20 > The closest thing that comes to mind is Sixel or ReGIS graphics. In the early to mid 1980s I used Tektronix storage terminals hooked up = to a PDP-11 and/or VAX. And we also had an AED terminal that did raster = graphics. All via serial comms. There's a bunch of AED documentation online, including this... http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/aed/brochures/AED_767_Brochure_Jun82.pdf = (searching for AED graphics terminal will lead you to the user manual = which has a lot more detail and electrical specs and so on) --Apple-Mail=_786217FD-34F9-483D-BE05-CACEFC1A0666 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
On = 5 Aug 2022, at 9:09 am, Grant Taylor via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org> = wrote:


The idea of something doing graphics over a = serial port is intriguing to me.  Eliding some form of IP over a = dial up connection.

The closest thing that = comes to mind is Sixel or ReGIS graphics.


In the early to mid = 1980s I used Tektronix storage terminals hooked up to a PDP-11 and/or = VAX. And we also had an AED terminal that did raster graphics. All via = serial comms.

There's a bunch of AED documentation online, including = this...

 http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/aed/brochures/AED_767_Brochure_Jun= 82.pdf

(searching for AED graphics terminal will lead you to the = user manual which has a lot more detail and electrical specs and so = on)

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