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(author) I really found it fascinating myself. I really should sit down and bang out a proof of concept.
by classichasclass 4y ago
(author) I really found it fascinating myself. I really should sit down and bang out a proof of concept.
- drewg123 4y agoI had the same experience as you -- my first Unix account was in the late 80s on a Solbourne running OS/MP. I recall the load average hovering around 150 and simple C programs taking minutes to compile as hundreds of undergrads on vt-220 terminals all worked late into the night before project deadlines. I never physically saw the machine (it was owned by the campus-wide IT folks), and I was thankful when I got an account on the much less crowded CS systems the next semester. FWIW, this was SUNY Buffalo. Where were you?
- classichasclass 4y agoUC San Diego. Not too nearby. ;)
- db48x 4y agoWhat you do is run `xterm -ti vt340`. If your xterm was compiled with SIXEL support, this will enable it. (You can test it by running something simple like `gnuplot -e "set terminal sixelgd; set key bmargin center horizontal; plot [-5pi:5pi] [-5:5] real(tan(x)/atan(x)), 1/x"`.) Now run Xsixel (from <https://github.com/saitoha/xserver-sixel https://github.com/saitoha/xserver-sixel>) to run an X server that outputs to sixel graphics. In that X server you can run any program you would like, and its graphical output will be converted to sixels, printed to stdout, given to xterm, and then xterm will draw them. Job done! See <https://saitoha.github.io/libsixel/ https://saitoha.github.io/libsixel/> for more information and tools, along with lots of screenshots.