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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: Indentation styles
From:       Terry Lambert <terry () lambert ! org>
Date:       1996-05-31 21:56:19
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> > Nobody barfed on the 100-column stuff in userconfig, so I was presuming this
> > wasn't an issue.  If anyone wants to see what 80-column braindamage looks
> > like, they should scope out pcvt.  (or was it syscons? I can't remember...)
> > 
> > > I also realize that this is going to be a highly unpopular position to
> > > take in these comparatively early days of GUI technology, so be it -
> > > just consider me 3-4 years ahead of my time on this issue. :-)
> > 
> > Ehh, even the VT100 can handle 132 columns 8)
> 
> Wrong. Only a VT100 with an AVO installed. (For the curious: the Advanced
> Video Option board).

A VT100 without AVO can do 12 row 132 columns.

The AVO board came with a replacement ROM; if anyone is interested,
a VT100 with an AVO preinstalled is a VT102.  I happen to have a
reference manual for a VT102P (VT100+AVO+printer port)...

Without an AVO, you got to select between reverse and underline
attributes; with AVO, you get revrse, underline, blink, and bold,
simultaneously.  You also got insert/delete char/line and a bunch
of lesser additional ANSI commands.

Yes, I'm a geek who spent way too may years writing emulation software
for a terminal software company (extra points: what's the difference
between a VT130 and a VT131?  It's a trick question... 8-)).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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or previous employers.

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