Re: [M100] using option roms with "VT100"

2020-12-27 Thread Greg Swallow
Hey Philip/Steve, I can't say about most, but SR is not DVI compatible. Executing SR from SCREEN 1 seems to trash the display, but not hang theĀ  ROM. You can F8 out to MENU. I would say then that the LUCID and WRITE ROMs would act the same. As for DISK+ I can't say, but would certainly like to

Re: [M100] using option roms with "VT100"

2020-12-27 Thread Stephen Adolph
Hi Philip, I really don't know what option ROMs work with the DVI. Good question. Does anyone know? I'm not thinking seriously about trying to modify option ROMs to make them DVI compatible. My test bed is real hardware and VirtualT, which can drive MVT100 using COM1. cheers Steve On Sun, Dec

Re: [M100] using option roms with "VT100"

2020-12-26 Thread Philip Avery
Good going with this, Steve. Are you debugging all this on real hardware or have you hacked VT to do 80x24, ie emulate MVT100? Also, does MVT100 work with all the OptROMS that work with a DVI? Or are you attempting to do more OptROMS? Your interrupt dilemma... sounds like an early REX

[M100] using option roms with "VT100"

2020-12-26 Thread Stephen Adolph
My deep dive on VT100 driver integration into REX has been tiresome but interesting. Many bumps on the road, and learnings. Actually pretty painful to be honest. I have been able to explore a few ROMs, and figure out if they work or don't work with "VT100". (which really is a modified "Disk