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Re:Integrating a VT220 into my life by theoh on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @07:11PM (#11340692)
NeWS was an interesting experiment in this direction.

It seems quite odd that old VT terminal hardware is still in use, while it would be almost impossible to resurrect something like NeWS. A case of complexity I guess, but also the worrying volatility of storage media.

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Re:Integrating a VT220 into my life by yourapostasy on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @05:36AM (#11343075)
I suspect VT-standards-related hardware (and software emulators) survives because the protocol can be implemented without fear of getting dragged into court for licensing fees. Whereas if you wanted to implement NeWS (or Display Postscript) even today, you still have to license it. There is an informal mention that NeWS had too many third-party components to ever open source. [1]

[1] https://github.com/IanDarwin/OpenLookCDROM

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