Yet another VT-100 emulator

[Doc Shipley]

M H Stein wrote:
> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:20:15 -0000
> From: "Ensor" <classiccmp at memory-alpha.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: Yet another VT-100 emulator
> 
> <snip>
>> But like everyone else, you've missed the point. The OP was originally 
>> asking about standard IBM cards, not about VESA "standard" cards which are a 
>> different kettly of fish....
>> TTFN - Pete.
> 
> ------------
> Actually, I think *you*'re missing the point of this whole thread, which is the
> feasibility of 132 column mode in Dave's VT-100 emulator; FYI I'll quote the OP:
> ...
> "Does anyone know if any of the more modern (ie: VGA) cards support enhanced
> 132 column text modes? - And is the video addressing basically the same except 
> for 132 words of memory per line instead of 80? And where to find more information? 
> If it could be reliably determined that support was there, and it is compatible with 
> my text windowing code, it would not be difficult to add support for it."
> ...

   I've been following this in a very casual way, so maybe it's already 
been offered, but the Linux kernel source contains a lot of 
documentation about VESA modes and VESA polling.

   A quick whole-word grep for "vesa" in <source-tree>/Documents lists 
several files in <source-tree>/Documents/fb and 
<source-tree>/Documents/svga.txt

   The source files and header files themselves are generally reasonably 
well-commented, and should also be informative.  It's all in the kernel 
source tarballs available at ftp.kernel.org, or I could make an archive 
of just those docs and the associated driver trees if anybody wants them.


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