- From: Andrew Daviel <andrew@andrew.triumf.ca>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 01:35:33 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Walter Ian Kaye <walter@natural-innovations.com>
- cc: www-html@w3.org
On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: > I recently posted: > > > And why are we hamstrung by VT100 anyway? I've seen better > > technology in character mode (look at FoxPro for DOS and Xenix), > > so why aren't we seeing any improvements there? > > Is there some technical limitation preventing the development and > deployment of a character-based windowing environment via VT100? > The implementation of popup menus in Lynx leads me to believe that > windowing should be possible... perhaps even adjustable frames and > tables... As I recall the VT100 doesn't have an overstrike mode, so writing side-by-side frames would be accomplished by deleting to end-of-line and repainting the adjacent frame from the host at 4800 baud or whatever. It can do independant scroll regions one-above-the other, though. Some Lynx users in libraries here have been on actual terminals over modems, so they can't just upgrade to Netscape without spending a lot of $$$ on hardware. (yes the VT100 can run at 19200. But only by using XOFF to stop the host when it can't keep up) Andrew Daviel
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