Re: VT1xx flavors (was Re: DEC retail stores in the 1980s)

From: Larry Kilgallen (Kilgallen_at_SpamCop.net)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: 30 Nov 2004 05:01:05 -0600

In article <d0e744c9.0411291646.181db8ce@posting.google.com>, leeroth@my-deja.com (Lee Roth) writes:

> An interesting note about the VT102 from that page: "VT102 User Guide
> (EK-VT102-UG). Most terminal emulators that claim to emulate a VT100
> actually emulate its slightly more capable brother, the VT102."
>
> So, the VT102 may have been slightly more functional than a VT100 +
> AVO
> but I'm not sure in what regard.

It had a much more efficient protocol enhancement for making a
small change on a screen - guaranteed present by the model number.