[HECnet] Vt100 tester

[Cory Smelosky]

----- Original Message -----
| From: "John Wilson" <wilson at dbit.com>
| To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
| Sent: Monday, 4 March, 2013 2:44:04 PM
| Subject: Re: [HECnet] Vt100 tester
| 
| From: "Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" <system at TMESIS.COM>
| 
| >Which tests???
| 
| The worst one was with the letters going down both margins (part of
| set #1).
| 
| >Are Eli Heffron still in biz?
| 
| www.eli.com.   I assume it's just "& son" now (Neal Heffron I think?
| he was cool).   Their *awesome* dusty old shop is long gone (I was
| kicked
| out of there once in 6th or 7th grade) so I think it's
| mail-order-only,
| but they have plenty of stuff and their prices are reasonable.
| VT520s
| for less than my VT100 was!!!

Hey, looks like I can get a real DEC terminal for a reasonable price!

| 
| >I've not tried these test on a plain ol' VT100.   The oldest kit I've
| >used
| >was a VT220 and it passes all tests as expected.
| 
| I'm sure the same is true for the author.   Who'd think DEC would mess
| up
| their own compatibility?   Plus the tests made no allowance for not
| having
| the AVO, which the 101 and plenty of 100s didn't.
| 
| Anyway this is going to be OCD heaven -- more pointless details to
| obsess
| over!   And I appreciate the warning to be on the lookout if I ever
| lose my
| mind and want to add VT220 emulation.   I totally would have assumed
| it was
| just a matter of adding new stuff, not changing the old stuff.
| 
| John Wilson
| D Bit
| 

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