On Fri, 24 Jun 2016, Paul Koning wrote: > By contrast, a Tex 401x is a storage tube, which puts it at the other > extreme: once you draw a character or line, it would stay without any > further action. You can't erase it; the only erase available is a full > screen erase.
That reminds me vaguely of RIP at the end of the BBS era. It probably could do a partial-refresh/erase, but if you watched it "paint" images, that's how it appeared. I was glad that the Internet-era came along, but it's sad RIP didn't come along earlier. I also remember some kind of BBS terminal emulator that I only saw over someone's shoulder. It was for the Amiga and appeared that it could transmit/receive sprite-based graphics over the modem connection. I just remember watching a friend of a friend connect to a BBS overseas and I they had some kind of welcome screen with a little sprite-based unicorn running across the screen. I dunno, maybe it was a rigged demo, but it showed me that "terminal emulation" could be all kinds of awesome stuff. -Swift
