X-Nico

unusual facts about Text mode


Terminal multiplexer

A terminal multiplexer can be thought of as a text version of graphical window managers, or as a way of putting virtual terminals into any login session.



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IBM 5151

The monitor was meant to be hooked up to an IBM Monochrome Display Adapter which had no graphics modes at all, and only supported the 80 x 25 text mode, using 9 x 14 pixels per character.

Remote imaging protocol

These were sent from the BBS instead of the more common ANSI color-coded text-mode screens, and were interpreted on the user's end by a RIP-enabled terminal program such as TeleGrafix's own RIPTerm which could draw them at a 640x350 EGA resolution.