Old Mechanical Terminal....(Data Access)

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu Aug 12 14:58:21 1999

Chuck McManis wrote:

> > but, via escape sequences, the head can be
> > moved horizontally or vertically at 1/200 inch increments, allowing for
> > proportional spacing and graphics.
>
> Flash back to 1980 at USC. Wanted to write up a paper for publication and
> thought I would "leverage" the PLOT10 library by hacking a back end that
> generated Diablo escape sequences to use the dot character as the pixel. It
> worked great (albiet very slow) and I printed out my final copy using
> "film" ribbon. BIG MISTAKE. I used up an entire ribbon (like $40 back then)
> where 90% of the ribbon was essentially unused and 10% had little "dots"
> used up on it.

But didn't your final plots look great? :)

-- Derek
Received on Thu Aug 12 1999 - 14:58:21 BST

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