[Info-vax] Last Call for (New) DEC VT Terminals

Johnny Billquist bqt at softjar.se
Mon Jun 29 18:20:46 EDT 2015


On 2015-06-29 22:47, Paul Anderson wrote:
> On 6/29/15 3:16 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
>> Well, isn't VTstar related to Powerterm (the thing DEC shipped with
>> Pathworks?)
>
> VTstar is compatible with VT terminals because it _is_ the code that ran
> on VT terminals.  It's just in software instead of firmware.  VTstar was
> written by the same group at DEC (Components and Peripherals) that
> developed VT terminals.

That would explain it. :-)
I know I have seen VTstar mentioned somewhere in the past, I just can't 
remember where.

	Johnny

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