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Re: Any planned comm software for SS/TR?



In <3h0k8h$p2a@phase.helix.net> tsetse@trance.helix.net (tsetse) writes:

>Dan Brown (vmbb!pro-newton!pro-dan!danb) wrote:
>:         To my knowledge, Spectrum 2.0 still uses the text screen for VT100. 
>                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>: I just got ANSITerm 2.1, and I _love_ it.  The VT100 emulation is
        [...]
>: and the dithered grey was hard to read.  Now, you can set another color (like
>                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>well, you got me puzzled. how do you get different colours on the text 
>screen without some bizaar timing schemes to swap colours at just the 
>right scan position?

        Two different pieces of software.  Spectrum 2.0 (to my knowledge)
uses the text screen for VT-100; ANSITerm uses the SHR screen.

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