Re: Overheard on the scanner

In article <g0iooq$hbg$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> That's right.  I am using a DEC VT420 terminal.  It can display 24
> lines and 80 columns of ISO-8859-1 (extended ASCII) characters, and can
> display them normal, bold, underlined, inverse, or blinking.  It does
> not display any colors except amber and black.  It does not display
> pictures.  It does not produce sounds, except a simple beep.  What is
> so strange about that?

It can do more than that.  IIRC, and I have one on top of my VAX in the 
next room, it can display up to 132x48 characters!  That's important.  
And line graphics.  Hasn't anyone written a GIF-to-VT line graphics 
converter yet?

That's not to include the SIXEL graphics issue, but even then, it could 
only display the two colors you mentioned.  Look up "loadable character 
set" for details.

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