From: lowen@pari.edu   
      
   Mark McDougall wrote:   
      
   > Doug_M wrote:   
   >   
   >> As for ANSI, it is my understanding that ANSI can't be done without a   
   >> "hi-res" graphics card for the Model 4.   
   >   
   > VT-100 is based on ANSI and both have a lot of features that indeed could   
   > not be emulated properly on a Model 4 without a hires board, such as   
   > underline, bold and various graphics character sets.   
   >   
   > However, I would imagine a reasonable (workable) subset could be emulated   
   > on a stock M4 - it would depend on what you were connecting to at the   
   > other end (for example, is it primarily cursor control that is required?).   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   >   
      
   Richard VanHouten took code that Brad Mettee and I wrote (Brad did much of   
   the early development, and I packaged it and cleaned up several areas) and   
   ported the hi-res ANSIterm over.  Last I heard, Computer News 80 sold the   
   Model 4 version, which is much much better than the Model III version.  The   
   Model III version is available on TRS-80.com, IIRC.   
      
   It is SLOW AS CHRISTMAS.  But it DOES work pretty well.  This gives the full   
   graphical ANSI character set and control codes, in monochrome.   
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