On Thursday, April 23, 1992 at 8:25:00 AM UTC-7, Darin Reid wrote:
Does anybody have or can make a complete list of DEC's VTxxx series?
The ones I know of: vt100, vt102, vt125,vt131, vt220, vt240, vt320, vt330, vt1000, vt1200. Any others?
- Darin
(28 years later)
Four years ago I began a list of unique first displays, arranged by make and time, that had the resolution to show NetHack, capped at a mebipixel, and now it has somewhere near 2000 entries. It includes typewriters, video formats, monitors, terminals,
printers, desktops, laptops, PDAs, media players, handsets, LCDs, e-paper, and smartwatches. I didn't include "DEC Type 31, Ultra-Precision CRT Display (1962): 5";.." as it had a mad 4096×4096 resolution (see the Spacewar! pages).
Here are my nearly-complete entries under DEC (and those terminals aren't nice < niais < nescius := not-skilled; ye are):
DEC Type 30 (1959–): 13"; {104, (67, 52, 40)}[5+4{2, 3, 4, 5}:{10, 15, 20, 25]×{72, 49, 36, 29}[7+6{2, 3, 4, 5}:{14, 21, 28, 35}] = 1024×1024; 8 [skies, chartreuses] (P7); FIO-DEC
DEC 338/339 Programmed Buffered Displays (): 14“; = 1024×1024;
DEC VT01 (1970–1982?): 11“; 512×640; ; uppercase ASCII 64
DEC VT05 (1970–1975): 12"; (72) 5:6 × (20) 7:10 = 432×200; 2 greys (P4); uppercase ASCII 65
DEC VR14 (1970–): 11”; (25) 4 3:18 × (16) 6 3:21 = 450×338; 8 greens
DEC VR20 (): “; ; 3 colors;
DEC VR17 (1971–): 14”; (30) 4 3:18 × (20) 6 3:21 = 550×413; 8 greens
DEC VT11 (1972–1981): 11“; [(73), 85][6:14, 6:12] × 31 8:25 = 1024×{768, 1024}; 9 greens; ASCII, ASCII 66, special
DEC VT50 (1975–1978): 10"; 80 7:10 × (12) [7:10, :11] = 800×[120, 132]; 2 greys (P4); uppercase ASCII 64, UK, special
DEC VT52 (1975–1978): 13"; 80 7:10 × 24 [7:10, :11] = 800×[240, 264]; 2 greys (P4); ASCII, UK, special
DEC VT55 (1975–1978): 13"; [80, (73)][7:10, 7]×[24, 33][7:10, :11, 7] = [800, 512]×[240, 264, 236]; 2 greys (P4); ASCII, UK, special
DEC VT61/T (–): “; ; greys (P4); ASCII
DEC VS60 (1975–1981): 21”; (73) 6:14 × 31 8:24 = 1024×{768, 1024}, ((73) 6:14 × 31 8:24 = 1024×{768, 1024}); 8 ; ASCII, special, rotated, sub/superscript
DEC VT71/T (1976–): 15"; 80 10 × 24 10 = 800×240; greys (P4); ASCII 94?
DEC VT72/T (–):
DEC VT61 (1976?1977–): 12"; 80 7:10 × 24 8:10 = 800×240; greys (P4); ASCII, , special
DEC VT72 (1978–): 15"; 80 8:10 × 24 8:10 = 800×240; 3 greys (P4); ASCII, , special
DEC VT100 (1978–1983): 12"; [132, 80, (66, 40)][:9, 7:10, :18, 14:20] × [24, (14, 12)][9:10, 18:20] = [1188, 800]×[240, 140]; 4 greys ReGIS {dark, dim grey, light grey, white}, 3 greys text {none, normal, bold} (P4); ANSI, ASCII, UK, special graphics
DEC VK100 (1980–): "; [84, 82, 80, (78, 76, 74, 72, 70, 68, 66, 42, 40, 38, 36, 34, 32)][8, 18]×[24, (22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6)] 10 = [672, 656, 640, 624, 608, 592, 576, 560, 544, 528, 756, 720, 684, 648, 612, 576]×[240, 220, 200, 180, 160,
140, (120, 100, 80, 60)]; 16 colors; ANSI, ASCII, UK, special; soft character sets
DEC VT102 (): 12“; [132, 80, (66, 40)][:9, 7:10, :18, 14:20] × [24, (12)][10:, 5:] = [1188, 800]×[]; ; 4 greys ReGIS {dark, dim grey, light grey, white}, 3 greys text {none, normal, bold} (P4); ANSI, ASCII, UK, special graphics
DEC Professional 325, 350 (1982): "; ; ;
DEC VT173 (1981–1985): “; ;
DEC VT220 (1983–1987): 12"; [132, 80, (66, 40)][:9, 7:10, 18, 20]×[24, (12)][9:10, 11?, 20] = [1188, 800, 720]×240; 3 {greys (P4), ambers (), greens, yellows?}; ASCII + DEC supplemental graphics = DEC-MCS, special graphics, soft character sets, ANSI
controls, DEC controls
DEC VT240 (1984–1987): 12"; 80 8:10 × 24 9:10 = ×, [800, 960]×240; 4 {greys (P4), greens (P31), ambers (P134)}; DEC-MCS, special graphics, ANSI controls, DEC controls
DEC VT241 (1984–1987): 12"; 80 8:10 × 24 9:10 = ×, 800×240; 4/64 colors; DEC-MCS, special graphics, ANSI controls, DEC controls
DEC VT320 (1987–1990): 14"; [132, 80][7:9, 12:15] × [25, 24] 7:12 = [1188, 1200]×[300, 288]; 3 {greens?, greys (P4), ambers (P3)} ({}); DEC-MCS, ISO Latin-1 supplemental, NRCSs (North American, British, Flemish, Canadian French, Danish, Finnish,
German/Austrian, Dutch, Italian, Swiss French, Swiss German, Swedish, Norwegian, French/Belgian, Spanish, Portuguese), DEC special graphics, soft character sets, ANSI controls, DEC controls
DEC VT330 (1987–1990): 14"; [132, 80][9:10, 5:6, :15?]×[144, 72, 32, 25, 24][:12?, 12:20] = 800×500; {greens, greys (P4), ambers ()}; DEC-MCS, ISO Latin-1 supplemental, DEC special graphics, DEC technical, ANSI controls, DEC controls, ; 4/64 greys
DEC VT340 (1987–1990): 13"; [132, 80][9:10, 5:6, :15?]×[144, 72, 32, 25, 24][:12?, 12:20] = 800×500; colors; DEC-MCS, ISO Latin-1 supplemental, DEC special graphics, DEC technical, ISO UK, DEC Dutch, DEC Finnish, ISO French, DEC French Canadian, ISO
German, ISO Italian, DEC Norwegian/Danish, ISO Norwegian/Danish, DEC Portuguese, ISO Spanish, DEC Swedish, DEC Swiss, ANSI controls, DEC controls; 16/2^12 colors
DEC VT420 (1990–1993): 14"; [132, 80][6:, 10:]×[24, 25, 36, 48][16:, 10:, 8:] = 800×[400, 414]; 3 {greys (P4), greens (P31), ambers (), yellows?, glasses?, }; DEC-MCS, ISO Latin-1 supplemental, DEC special graphics, DEC technical, ISO UK, DEC Dutch,
DEC Finnish, ISO French, DEC French Canadian, ISO German, ISO Italian, DEC Norwegian/Danish, ISO Norwegian/Danish, DEC Portuguese, ISO Spanish, DEC Swedish, DEC Swiss, ISO Latin-2 supplemental, (Asian), ANSI controls, DEC controls
DEC VT1000 (1990): 15”; [132, 80, (66, 40)][:7?, 7:10, :14?, 14:20]×[24, (14, 12)][7:10, 11, 14:20] = [924?, 800, 1024]×[240, 264, 864]; [2, 3] {, }; ANSI, ASCII, UK, ISO Latin-1 supplemental, NRCSs (North American, British, Flemish, Canadian French,
Danish, Finnish, German/Austrian, Dutch, Italian, Swiss French, Swiss German, Swedish, Norwegian, French/Belgian, Spanish, Portuguese), DEC supplemental graphics, special graphics, DEC controls
DEC VXT2000 (1991–): {15, 19}“; 1024×768; {2 , 256 colors};
DEC VT510 (1993–1995): "; [132, 80, (66, 40)][6:, 7:12, 8:10, 7:10:, 9, 7:9, 7:8, 6:8, 5:, 20, 18, 12:15, 7:9]×[24, 25, 36, 48, 43, 42, 26, 44, 27, (12)][16:, 10:14, 10:13, 9:10, 8:10, 7:10, 7:12, 10:11, 11?, 10:, 8:, 20, 10:16, 12:16, 20] = [1320,
1200, 1188, 960, 800, 720, 640]×[400, 350, 312, 300, 288, 250, 240, 678, 672, 400, 384, 416, , 880, 540, 480]; 3 {greys (P4), ambers (), greens (P31)}, 4 greys ReGIS; DEC-MCS, ISO Latin-1 supplemental, DEC special graphics, DEC technical, ISO UK, DEC
Dutch, DEC Finnish, ISO French, DEC French Canadian, ISO German, ISO Italian, DEC Norwegian/Danish, ISO Norwegian/Danish, DEC Portuguese, ISO Spanish, DEC Swedish, DEC Swiss, ISO Latin-2 supplemental, ISO Latin-Cyrillic, ISO Latin-Greek, ISO Latin-Hebrew,
ISO Latin-5, KOI-8 Cyrillic, DEC Greek, DEC Hebrew, DEC Turkish, PC International, PC Multilingual, PC Slavic, PC Greek, PC Spanish, PC Turkish, PC Portuguese, PC Hebrew, PC French/Canadian, PC Danish/Norwegian, PC Cyrillic, ANSI controls, DEC controls
DEC VT520 (1994–): 14”; [132, 80, (66, 40)][6:, 7:12, 8:10, 7:10:, 9, 7:9, 7:8, 6:8, 5:, 20, 18, 12:15, 7:9]×[52, 24, 25, 36, 48, 43, 42, 26, 44, 27, (12)][10:16, 16:, 10:14, 10:13, 9:10, 8:10, 7:10, 7:12, 10:11, 11?, 10:, 8:, 20, 10:16, 12:16, 20] =
[1320, 1200, 1188, 960, 800, 720, 640]×[832, 400, 350, 312, 300, 288, 250, 240, 678, 672, 400, 384, 416, , 880, 540]; 3 {greys (P4), ambers (), greens (P31)}, 4 greys ReGIS; DEC-MCS, ISO Latin-1 supplemental, DEC special graphics, DEC technical, ISO UK,
DEC Dutch, DEC Finnish, ISO French, DEC French Canadian, ISO German, ISO Italian, DEC Norwegian/Danish, ISO Norwegian/Danish, DEC Portuguese, ISO Spanish, DEC Swedish, DEC Swiss, ISO Latin-2 supplemental, ISO Latin-Cyrillic, ISO Latin-Greek, ISO Latin-
Hebrew, ISO Latin-5, KOI-8 Cyrillic, DEC Greek, DEC Hebrew, DEC Turkish, PC International, PC Multilingual, PC Slavic, PC Greek, PC Spanish, PC Turkish, PC Portuguese, PC Hebrew, PC French/Canadian, PC Danish/Norwegian, PC Cyrillic, ANSI controls, DEC
controls
DEC VT525 (1994–1995): 14"; [132, 80, (66, 40)][6:, 7:12, 8:10, 7:10:, 9, 7:9, 7:8, 6:8, 5:, 20, 18, 7:9]×[52, 24, 25, 36, 48, 43, 42, 26, 44, 27, (12)][10:16, 16:, 10:14, 10:13, 8:10, 7:10, 7:12, 10:11, 11?, 10:, 8:, 20, 10:16, 12:16, 20] = [1320,
1188, 960, 800, 720, 640]×[832, 400, 350, 312, 300, 288, 250, 240, 678, 672, 400, 384, 416, , 880, 540]; 3 {greys (P4), ambers (P3), greens (P31)}, 4 greys ReGIS; DEC-MCS, ISO Latin-1 supplemental, DEC special graphics, DEC technical, ISO UK, DEC Dutch,
DEC Finnish, ISO French, DEC French Canadian, ISO German, ISO Italian, DEC Norwegian/Danish, ISO Norwegian/Danish, DEC Portuguese, ISO Spanish, DEC Swedish, DEC Swiss, ISO Latin-2 supplemental, ISO Latin-Cyrillic, ISO Latin-Greek, ISO Latin-Hebrew, ISO
Latin-5, KOI-8 Cyrillic, DEC Greek, DEC Hebrew, DEC Turkish, PC International, PC Multilingual, PC Slavic, PC Greek, PC Spanish, PC Turkish, PC Portuguese, PC Hebrew, PC French/Canadian, PC Danish/Norwegian, PC Cyrillic, ANSI controls, DEC controls
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