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From the article, about why 80x25 became standard:- >The biggest problem with this theory is the VT100's display was 80×24, not 80×25 Having spent quite a few
by hazeii 7y ago
From the article, about why 80x25 became standard:-
>The biggest problem with this theory is the VT100's display was 80×24, not 80×25
Having spent quite a few years banging away on VT100's and clones, wasn't the display actually 80x25, but with the 25th line being used to show status? So the electronics was actually set up for 25 lines.
- kens 7y agoNo. The VT100 was 80×24 (or 132×14 or 132×24) and had no status line. You can verify this on Wikipedia or in the manual. The status line was added in the VT320. http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/vt100/EK-VT100-UG-001_VT100_User_Guide_Aug78.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/vt100/EK-VT100-UG-...