From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 3:59:50 PM UTC+10, Rod Pemberton wrote:   
      
   > All I know is that the most powerful terminal I ever   
   > used was a VT220. Of course, that was pre-html.   
   >   
   > VT220   
   > -ANSI escape sequences   
   > -international character sets   
   > -define new character sets   
      
   And would you consider HTML to be "just another   
   terminal like the VT220"?   
      
   Or is HTML considered to be a different paradigm?   
      
   It seems to me that life would be a whole lot simpler   
   if HTML was described in terms of just another   
   terminal type.   
      
   I think Unix has a termcap file - what if HTML were to   
   be added to that, if it wasn't already?   
      
   The internet has always seemed to be rather mysterious   
   to me. Introducing complications of MACing and other   
   things I have no knowledge of. But if you simply tell me   
   that a BBS can put out HTML instead of ANSI escape   
   sequences, well, that's no big deal. BBSes often gave the   
   user the choice of which terminal type they were using,   
   and ANSI was just one of several options. If HTML were   
   added to the Ten Minute Limit, no big deal.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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