VT graphics
Since the VT-series of terminals does have actually some quite interesting
graphics features for a "dumb" terminal, this sparked a number of
creative applications of the capabilities when they first became
available.
Note that especially the animations are geared towards the
typical connection speeds of a terminal, so even if you do use a good
terminal emulation on a PC they might flash by way too fast.
In case you do not have access to a VMS system but rather to a Unix
system use cat instead of type to
display the graphics.
The files are packed in Zip archives to assure proper transmission over
the network.
- Chardemo.vt
- Display a table of glyphs for various encodings
- Digital.vt
- VT-style Digital logo
- Fireworks.vt
- Animation of a firework
- Fish.vt
- Animation of a fisherman
- Glass.vt
- Animation of a filling glass, which is then emptied via a straw
- Golfer.vt
- Animation of a golfer achieving a put with one stroke
- Graph.vt
- We have taken over control of your screen...
- Mug.vt
- Beer mug (especially for physics PhD students shortly before due date)
- Opus.vt
- Letters moving across the screen
- Sig.vt
- Animated signature (not only for VMS fans ;-)
- Torturetest.vt
- Exercises the different display modes of a VT
- Trek.vt
- ST:TOS get their revenge
- Trek2.vt
- Animation in the spirit of the VAXTrek
adventures
- Tunnel.vt
- The light at the end of the tunnel...
- Turkey.vt
- The nightmare of a turkey before Thanksgiving...
- Turkey2.vt
- ... the saga continues
- Twilightzone.vt
- Journey to the Twilightzone (also included as zone.vt, with same output,
but different internal representation)
- Upside.vt
- For all who like to use their terminal while doing a handstand
- Valentine.vt
- All the best for Valentines day (may need some personal customization ;-)
- Vax.vt
- Really historical, Digital once wanted to outgrow IBM
Most of the Xmas files were taken from
Paul Williams excellent
site with information on
VT series terminals.
- Snowing.vt
- I'm dreaming of a white christmas (clearly the predecessor of
Xsnow)
- Train.vt
- Xmas animation, even with some audio clip ;-) (Mostly a combination
of Xmas3.vt and Xmas4.vt)
- Xmas0.vt
- Santa Claus holding a sign.
- Xmas1.vt
- Snow falling on a tree. Spells "Merry Christmas" at the end
- Xmas2.vt
- Snow falling, a bird flying, a tree growing
- Xmas3.vt
- A train going around a tree
- Xmas4.vt
- A glass of champagne and a jack-in-the-box.
- Xmas5.vt
- An angel flies onto a tree
- Xmas6.vt
- A tree and fireplace
- Xmas7.vt
- A Christmas card
- Xmas8.vt
- Santa gets stuck in the chimmney.
- Xmas9.vt
- Santa flies to a house.
- Xmas10.vt
- Slightly OT ;-). Champagne glass and "Happy new Year"
- Xmas11.vt
- Variation on the train theme
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