Re: Mame vt100 emulation. Cool

2020-06-29 Thread Tor Arntsen via cctalk
On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 at 04:20, Kevin Lee via cctalk wrote: > > https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME.html MAME is a beast. Sometimes it kind of works (for other stuff), here it just hits me with an "Abort" with no indication as to why.

Re: Mame vt100 emulation. Cool

2020-06-28 Thread Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk
> https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME.html Also. https://github.com/phooky/VT100-Hax https://www.pcjs.org/machines/dec/vt100/

Mame vt100 emulation. Cool

2020-06-27 Thread Kevin Lee via cctalk
https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME.html FYI.

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-17 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Sep 17, 2018, at 8:04 AM, Ken Seefried via cctalk > wrote: > > From: Al Kossow >> >> a 7" android tablet based on the wondermedia wm8650 SOC >> ... >> these things are so old they've disappeared from the market >> > > Well...not 7", but there is this: >

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-17 Thread Ken Seefried via cctalk
The BBKey2 has punctuation on the keys. It's not all of them (|, & and \ aren't there), but the SYM key brings up an onscreen keyboard with those. Not ideal, but I would argue reasonable compromise for something relatively modern that fits in your pocket. Not sure about diacritics, but at least

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-17 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 at 17:05, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote: > > Well...not 7", but there is this: > https://blackberrymobile.com/product/blackberry-key2/ True. I have not had or used an Android Blackberry with a hardware keyboard, but I did have a Passport, the older QNX-based device. One

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-17 Thread Ken Seefried via cctalk
From: Al Kossow > > a 7" android tablet based on the wondermedia wm8650 SOC > ... > these things are so old they've disappeared from the market > Well...not 7", but there is this: https://blackberrymobile.com/product/blackberry-key2/ KJ

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-11 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 17:34, Ali wrote: > > It also runs Debian Linux and Jolla Sailfish. > > And this might be its greatest saving grace. Being able to run Linux makes it > super useful plus increases the useful life of the device maybe indefinitely > as you are not limited to the whims and

RE: VT100 emulation

2018-09-11 Thread Ali via cctalk
> They plan to update Android but so far there's only been one update. > It's currently on Android 7.1. I'm hoping for 8 with Project Treble. > > > It also runs Debian Linux and Jolla Sailfish. And this might be its greatest saving grace. Being able to run Linux makes it super useful

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-11 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 at 19:35, Ali wrote: > > > > Anything that runs a more up to date version of Android? > > > > Sure. The Gemini. > > > > https://www.planetcom.co.uk/ > > > > I have one. It's a lovely little device and quite well-made. I am not > > sure how robust it will be long-term. > > That

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-10 Thread Todd Goodman via cctalk
On 9/9/2018 12:34 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 9/9/18 9:30 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: a 7" android tablet based on the wondermedia wm8650 SOC wow.. dug out my notes and I was looking at doing this six years ago :-(

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-10 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 at 03:18, Ali via cctalk wrote: > Android 4.2 > > Anything that runs a more up to date version of Android? Sure. The Gemini. https://www.planetcom.co.uk/ I have one. It's a lovely little device and quite well-made. I am not sure how robust it will be long-term. However,

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-09 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm Jack is a friend from the my early days at Apple.

RE: VT100 emulation

2018-09-09 Thread Ali via cctalk
> WM updated the SOC a couple of times. here is the 1.7ghz verison > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/7-Android-Mini-Notebook-4GB-8GB-Laptop- > Netbook-Keyboard-Quad-Core-WIFI-Cam-PC-B/262784124103 > Android 4.2 Anything that runs a more up to date version of Android? There are a couple of great

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-09 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
WM updated the SOC a couple of times. here is the 1.7ghz verison https://www.ebay.com/itm/7-Android-Mini-Notebook-4GB-8GB-Laptop-Netbook-Keyboard-Quad-Core-WIFI-Cam-PC-B/262784124103 On 9/9/18 9:34 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 9/9/18 9:30 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >> a 7"

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-09 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 9/9/18 9:30 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > a 7" android tablet based on the wondermedia wm8650 SOC > > wow.. dug out my notes and I was looking at doing this six years ago :-( > http://kernelhacks.blogspot.com/2012/06/arch-linux-on-wm8650-netbook.html this was back when I was thinking

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-09 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
a 7" android tablet based on the wondermedia wm8650 SOC wow.. dug out my notes and I was looking at doing this six years ago :-( these things are so old they've disappeared from the market the only one I could find with a keyboard is

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-09 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> I had given some thought over the last day or two about making a really tiny > video terminal. > A while ago, I had bought a couple of tablet ARM SOC LCD notebooks to try > doing that. which model?

Re: VT100 emulation

2018-09-06 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 9/6/18 10:10 AM, Andrew Nesbit via cctalk wrote: > Second, does there exist anything like a “VT100 operating system”, that > emulates the VT100 directly on the bare metal of the machine? In this case > you’d use the external serial port to connect to the target machine. > > One example

VT100 emulation

2018-09-06 Thread Andrew Nesbit via cctalk
Hello all, The current discussion about why VT100’s are so popular got me to rethinking a related topic. I’ve been thinking about this in the back of my mind for quite some time. First, what is the most faithful emulation software that runs on *nix systems? Or is it the case that if you are