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> To use a MAME-emulated VT102, you’ll need a couple of things: > A copy of the VT102 firmware ROM I've known for a long time that "terminal emulators" are so
by yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
> To use a MAME-emulated VT102, you’ll need a couple of things:
> A copy of the VT102 firmware ROM
I've known for a long time that "terminal emulators" are software emulators of hardware terminals, but until now it never occurred to me that those hardware terminals might have still been largely software constructs.
- LeoPanthera 2y agoHardware terminals are emulators of teletypes. We used to call them "Glass Teletypes". It's emulation all the way down.
- akira2501 2y agoUsing an Intel 8080 no less. We squeezed computing out of the mainframe and into the terminal.
- chasil 2y agoAll the DEC terminals used Intel 8-bit microprocessors, starting with the VT-100 (I think).