Steve: Very interesting! Are you familiar with the work of Lars Brinkhoff? https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/terminal-simulator
His work stands up an 8080 emulator on Linux and then runs the actual ROMs for the VT-100 (no AVO) and VT-52. The VT-100 is beautiful! It just so happens I was just filing an issue that the vt52 build didn't work for want of a directory with certain file(s) when I saw your message. However he is still very active on Github, so I anticipate that issue will get corrected when he has time. Thank you also for your numerous efforts! At some point I need to upgrade my REX herd (6 of the original REX and standalone CP/M kits, but haven't gone to your latest products yet). Regards, rcs On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 8:45 AM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: > After quite a bit of searching I finally found what I was looking for. > > This is in regards to the poorly named VT100 function that is included in > REX#. > I should have named it VT52 (sort of). > > The Model 100 treats it's screen like a terminal, in a way. There are > control codes that mimic much of the VT52, except for a handful of custom > codes. > So, the DVI also obeyed these control codes. > > The MVT100 video adapter, that works with REX# to enable an external video > solution for 80x24, also uses these codes to control the screen. > > An alternative to external video is to find a way to send the video > characters over serial to a PC, and using the PC as a "DVI" (for the video > portion anyways). > > I've been searching for a shortcut to developing such a "VT52 terminal", > to which I could add the special M100 control codes, and thereby have > another option for 80x24 video. > > I found it. Here is the project I am going to port. > > https://github.com/kgober/VT52 > > It is a VT52 terminal emulator written in C#, and compilable in Visual > Studio. I've been able to install the tools and been able to compile it. > > So, I'm off now on a tangent to make a Windows (10) dotNET based > application. > > I don't know if this will be portable to linux in any way, but lets see > how this goes. > > ..Steve > > > > -- *Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin. *[Irish Gaelic] (There is no fireside like your own fireside.)
