15 Oct
2008
15 Oct
'08
10:45 p.m.
I took delivery tonight of this most interesting apparatus:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Silent700/LearSiegler7105Terminal#
I can find zero info out on the Internets about it. Has anyone
seen/used/captured one? It seems to be ANSI and VT52 compatible, as
well as a custom graphics language. I've yet to hook it up to a host,
but that's coming soon. The setup screens are quite dazzling as they
are, but I'd like to see what else it can do. I do know that my setup
parameters are "questionable."
I'd like to get the manual scanned for preservation as well, but I'd
rather not destroy it to do so. So I guess it's one page at a time on
the ol' flatbed...
j
16 Oct
16 Oct
10:57 a.m.
In article <51ea77730810152245h5f87f1cax2e24ebed83ab1e8d at mail.gmail.com>,
"Jason T" <silent700 at gmail.com> writes:
I took delivery tonight of this most interesting
apparatus:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Silent700/LearSiegler7105Terminal#
*drool*
I'm definately envious :)
I didn't know this beast existed and I've been drilling down into
terminals and graphics for a few years now.
What's the manufacturing date?
PS: Your album name says 7105, but the keyboard says 7107?
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11:44 a.m.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
I didn't know this beast existed and I've been
drilling down into
terminals and graphics for a few years now.
And you're the one I was hoping *would* know about it :)
What's the manufacturing date?
PS: Your album name says 7105, but the keyboard says 7107?
I noticed that. The front of the terminal says 7105. The box has a
line for box models, with 7105 checked. The manual applies to both.
I'm assuming the keyboard does also. Either that or someone slipped
in the wrong keyboard. I'll check the manual later to see if it gives
any clues.
I don't see a date on the terminal tags, but the manual seems to
suggest 1985. I'll have more time later tonight to investigate.
17 Oct
17 Oct
4:53 p.m.
In article <51ea77730810162008p74ad03d6tf3051b42c2f2cb70 at mail.gmail.com>,
"Jason T" <silent700 at gmail.com> writes:
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Richard <legalize
at xmission.com> wrote:
Yep. Just like VT100 set the standard for escape sequences for text
terminals, the 4010 set the standard for escape sequences for graphics
terminals. Hell, even xterm has 4010 support! Pretty much any terminal
that did graphics until X terminals did 4010 support of some sort. Even
later Tektronix terminals (including the raster ones) all have 4010
support.
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What's the manufacturing date?
No evidence of a date on the unit itself, but the manual says "June
1985." Also of note, it is compatible to the Tek 4014's graphics
language.
5 p.m.
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
Yep. Just like VT100 set the standard for escape
sequences for text
terminals, the 4010 set the standard for escape sequences for graphics
terminals. Hell, even xterm has 4010 support! Pretty much any terminal
that did graphics until X terminals did 4010 support of some sort. Even
later Tektronix terminals (including the raster ones) all have 4010
support.
Well then, that sounds like I have half a chance of getting some gfx
to display on this term then. Would it just be a matter of dumping a
file with the appropriate escapes codes (and of course gfx data) over
the serial line? Or can I expect to find a terminal driver in Linux
or Solaris for it?
7:52 p.m.
In article <51ea77730810171700o7616c1ado91ec2c7134dc67e4 at mail.gmail.com>,
"Jason T" <silent700 at gmail.com> writes:
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Richard <legalize
at xmission.com> wrote:
Oh, it should be trivial to display 4010 style graphics on it. This is
vector move/draw style graphics and not pixel oriented operations. It
would not be surprising to find that if you want to manipulate the frame
buffer directly (set pixel, get pixel, etc.) that you have to use L&S
7105 specific escape sequences.
Yep. Just like VT100 set the standard for escape
sequences for text
terminals, the 4010 set the standard for escape sequences for graphics
terminals. [...]
Well then, that sounds like I have half a chance of getting some gfx
to display on this term then. Would it just be a matter of dumping a
file with the appropriate escapes codes (and of course gfx data) over
the serial line? Or can I expect to find a terminal driver in Linux
or Solaris for it?
Its just a matter of dumping the right escape codes over the serial line
to the terminal. The 4010 escape codes are well documented if you want
to write your own software. If you have a typical *nix distribution, try
looking at the gnu plot command with the "tek" terminal type and the
program tek2plot which can convert Tektronix escape sequences to a raster
image like PNG.
4010 User's Manual: <http://vt100.net/manx/details/5,5524>
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