Vt180, whats the story here?

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Fri Oct 29 23:07:24 1999

> >I happen to have a VT100 series Technical Manual. Also a VT640
> >manual (also known as a Retrographics board).
>
> The VT640/Retrographics upgrade makes an *extremely* usable graphics
> terminal. My favorite plotting package, PLOTDATA (aka PHYSICA) uses
> it, and the package is available for VMS and many Unices at
>
> ftp://ftp.triumf.ca/physica/

Hmm, all i ever used it for, was to download raster images, yet still using
the regular VT100 capabilities. I used to put a head shot of Mr Spock
in the upper right corner of the screen, it really freaked people out...

"a VT100 cant DO that! How did you Do That???"

Fear programmers.

-Lawrence LeMay

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