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Jeff Parsons 2016-08-09 11:09:24 -07:00
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Summer has been filled with distractions, but I've finally begun making headway on a Summer has been filled with distractions, but I've finally begun making headway on a
[DEC VT100 Terminal](/devices/pc8080/machine/vt100/) simulation. [DEC VT100 Terminal](/devices/pc8080/machine/vt100/) simulation.
Unlike other VT100 emulators, this isn't simply an emulation of VT100 protocols. It's a simulation of the terminal's Unlike other VT100 emulators, this isn't simply an emulation of VT100 protocols. It's a simulation of the VT100's
8080 CPU, running the original [VT100 Firmware](/devices/pc8080/rom/vt100/) inside the [PC8080](/modules/pc8080/) 8080 CPU, running the original [VT100 Firmware](/devices/pc8080/rom/vt100/) inside the [PC8080](/modules/pc8080/)
CPU emulator, along with other key components that the CPU interacts with to drive the display, keyboard, and serial port. CPU emulator, along with other key components that the CPU interacts with to drive the display, keyboard, and serial port.
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In the interim, there's still a lot of debugging to do, because while DEC's Technical Manuals were excellent, they were In the interim, there's still a lot of debugging to do, because while DEC's Technical Manuals were excellent, they were
not comprehensive; there are no commented source-code listings, for example, like those that IBM used to provide in their not comprehensive; there are no commented source-code listings, for example, like those that IBM used to provide in their
early Technical Reference manuals. I also plan to increase the resolution of the font rendering, so that the characters early Technical Reference manuals.
look more like the original VT100's, with its discrete glowing dots.
{% include machine.html id="vt100" %} {% include machine.html id="vt100" %}