Canal's Blog

(Very clever) termcap entries for Viewdata terminals.

to curses retrocomputing termcap terminal viewdata ... on 05 May 2018

saitoha/libsixel: The new standard of SIXEL development

I love a nice comprehensive implementation of an obsolete standard.

to dec graphics retrocomputing sixel software terminal vt420 ... on 19 October 2016

8088 MPH: Olympiad: IBM prototype fonts unearthed

Fonts from the IBM RT PC. Serif bitmaps, which are unusual and fairly attractive.

to bitmap fonts ibm retrocomputing terminal ... on 23 March 2016

Retrochallenge 2014!

A VT100 emulator. Literally!

to emulation retrocomputing terminal vt100 ... on 05 March 2015

The MGR Window System

I remember playing with this briefly back when I first started using Linux -- it's a window system where all the operations are effectively terminal escape codes, so it works happily over existing telnet/ssh. I suspect watching video with it would be less practical!

to graphics mgr terminal window ... on 26 July 2013

Mosh: the mobile shell

SSH replacement for poor-quality links. It works by effectively distributing screen's model: the client has a full terminal emulator inside it, and does intelligent synchronisation with the server. Downsides: custom crypto (argh!), needs UDP (double argh!), ludicrous complexity.

to network shell software ssh terminal to-package ... on 27 May 2012

PockeTerm - Briel Wiki

Terminal based on a Propeller chip.

to microcontroller propeller retrocomputing serial terminal video ... on 27 July 2009

Устройство "ВИДЕОТЕКСТ FRS1.00"

An AVR-based terminal emulator. Very cute! (In Russian, but machine-translatable.)

to avr electronics terminal ... on 13 May 2008

JTA - Telnet/SSH for the JAVA(tm) platform :: start

Java implementation of SSH, along with a reusable terminal emulator. Could be useful for the Transterpreter.

to java research software ssh terminal ... on 25 December 2005