Open source, stand alone, ASCII terminal project

[Chuck Guzis]

On 3 Dec 2008 at 12:06, Ethan Dicks wrote:


> I don't know where Z80s came into this.  The VT-4 uses a 30ish-MIPS
> microcontroller (to keep up with the demands of squirting out VGA
> video).   The video is essentially software-generated, keeping the
> part count way down.  Low part-count == low price.

Ah, I get confused a lot in these threads.  Sort of something like 
the ATMega8 TV terminal, except with a faster dot clock and more RAM?

Cheers,
Chuck