Streck Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Let's say I wanted to use my 64K II+ as an 80-column terminal with my Videx VideoTerm card. What would my best program be? There are lots of programs out there for the 128 //e, //c, etc - I know that ProTerm is a popular one - but a II+ is what I'm working with. The VideoTerm card was the most popular 80-col card, at least. Would anyone have any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Depends what you're looking to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streck Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Let's say a terminal to a Linux machine, or to anything else for which I can use popular emulations like VT100/TN3270/etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Since you're on a II+ maybe Ascii Express might work. Get it from ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.com/pub/apple_II/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streck Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 ASCII Express worked marvelously! Amusingly, setting up the Linux end was more trouble than the Apple end - I've very little Linux experience and it took me way longer than it should have to realize that I needed to sudo the agetty command. (Linux always just popped me back to the command prompt with no error message, nothing.) AE's big limitation is that it does VT52 emulation but not VT100. I was able to get VT100 working under DCOM 3.3 and Kermit, with some configuration tweaks. As you can see, the video is crap because I'm using a TV, not a real monitor. The TV was perfectly adequate for everything other than 80-column work, but now I need something better. An Amdek Color-I? Sanyo VM 4509? Apple's own Monitor ///? Hmmm... The Linux machine was just an old Compaq Armada E500 that my office was discarding. Pentium III, 256 MB RAM, 12 GB drive, more than enough for Ubuntu. The cherry on top was that I got character input from the II+ working correctly with the help of this USENET post from 1985: http://www.megalextoria.com/forum2/index.php?t=msg&goto=138086& I'm so glad that all those old communications and publications are being preserved. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I use a 13 inch craig HDTV and it does GREAT on 80 col, and since its on my bench of retro computers every port and a switch box is full heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streck Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Yeah, I prefer to go full-retro with a genuine old CRT monitor. I foolishly got rid of my 9" Sanyo VM 4509 a while back. Thought I'd snagged a Monitor /// on eBay for super-cheap... but now the seller's trying to back out of the deal. Bah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I would prefer a retro CRT ... BUT ... I paid like 70 bucks after tax for this thing and it runs my old video games, my xbox, my mac LC2, my commie and my apple //c which is doing component video on one convenient screen at top notch quality (but even with composite it matches a monochrome monitor II in quality + it does color when I want it to, I have a flip switch to force color killing in the IIc) I could drag out my 1985 NEC multisync for pretty much all that and even get phosper ghosting but it needs a rebuild, eats a ton of power, has the ability to shock the piss out of you and even in 1990 when I got it, I called it "THE HEATER" its all about you and your requirements though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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