console question

[Owen Rees]

--On 17 May 2006 19:03 +0100 Dave Korn wrote:

> On 17 May 2006 16:36, Jeff Lange wrote:
>
>> Although it seems like a waste, I need it to look exactly like a dumb
>> terminal
>
>   Ah, then you want to stick a punched-paper-tape reader on the side of
> the housing, that'll make the illusion convincing!

If you are thinking of <http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/teletype.jpg> 
then it should have a paper tape punch as well and it should be 80x(how 
long is a roll of paper?) and go 'ding' when printing past column 72. It 
should also be UPPER CASE ONLY. IT SHOULD ALSO MAKE A NASTY SMUDGE OF THE 
NEXT CHARACTER IF YOU SEND <LF><CR> RATHER THAN <CR><LF> AFTER PRINTING A 
MODERATELY LONG LINE.

I suspect that the real desire is for something more like 
<http://www.tentacle.franken.de/adm3a/> but in that case IT SHOULD ALSO BE 
UPPER CASE ONLY AND IT SHOULD BE 80X24 NOT 80X25.

If letting people use lower case is to be permitted, then perhaps 
<http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/vt100.html> is more like it. It 
should still be 80x24 rather than 80x25 (unless you select 132x14 mode).

-- 
Owen Rees
Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK