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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1713.0. "Smokey VT200?? Help!!!" by RAVEN1::EVERHART () Thu Sep 22 1988 15:33

    Hi,
    	I have been using the Smokey VT2?? terminal emulator for some
    time now at work, and I was wondering if someone could answer a
    few questions for me:
    
    1. Is there a new version than version X0.4?
    2. Smokey claims to have SIXEL graphics.  How do I activate this?
       What can I run with this?  Is there any way I can use REGIS graphics
       with it?  Is it possible to run DECgraph or DECSlide on it?
    3. Is there any way to get 132 column text from it?
    4. Some of the people here who have REAL VT200 series terminals
       have made custom prompts that are pictures of cars and such.
       When I run the prompt programs, all I get is a jumble of characters
       for the prompt.  How can I make these work?
    5. Are there any other hidden things I don't know about VT200?
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
     - Chris

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1713.1	some answers	PCCAD7::BAEDER	D. Scott DTN 237-2961 SHR1-3/E19	`Thu Sep 22 1988 19:11`	14
	I thnk the last version was 1.0, or 1.1...the version I have on MVCAD3::user0:[amiga.arc]vt200*.arc is the 1.0 version...I went back to vt100 r2.8 after that... not sure on regis/sixel.... 132..yes, with the right fonts... downloadable fonts...NO WAY...forget the fancy prompts... hidden...no, its all in the docs...but you might want to look at wheat, and the other terminal emulators mentioned here in notes...
1713.2	Ah! (The ears perk up...)	DIXIE1::MCDONALD	Surly to bed, surly to rise...	`Fri Sep 23 1988 00:15`	9
	Wait a minute... You can get 132 with the right fonts? Interesting. I know that SET TERM/WIDTH=132 doesn't work. I tried that. How do you load the 132 character fonts into Smokey. Can you do it interactively... like while smokey's already running and you're already logged in? John
1713.3	Higher resolution using interlace mode?	OPUS::BUSCH		`Fri Sep 23 1988 17:11`	6
	With Smokey is there a way ofrunning in interlace mode WITHOUT having the characters compressed to half height? I find the granularity of the fonts hard on my eyes and I would like to increase the vertical resolution but still keep the same height characters. Dave
1713.4	SETLACE will help...	LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Fri Sep 23 1988 17:21`	8
	Dave, next week, when you get your Starter disk, you'll find a program called 'SETLACE' which throws the Amiga into line doubling mode. By dithering the verticle hold on your monitor, you can offset the two frames so that the dark scan lines (what you call granularity) will dissappear. Ed.