Subject: Re: VT340 Stupidity
To: Vance Dereksen <vance@ikickass.org>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/20/2001 15:06:35
On June 20, Vance Dereksen wrote:
> Hi. I forget the name of the language it uses, but the DEC VT340 supports
> graphics on the console. I wonder if it would be possible to write a
> (would-be rather strange) X server for it. Boggles the mind. Anyone know
> this language well enough?
It's called ReGIS, for Remote Graphics Instruction Set. Some DEC
graphics terminals also handel Sixel graphics, which I don't know much
about. I know ReGIS pretty well...and no, I really don't think it
wouldn't be practical. The resolution is too low and the language is
primarily line-drawing-based.
-Dave McGuire