8 Jan
2009
8 Jan
'09
5:21 a.m.
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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:28:29 -0600
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From: Charles Richmond <frizzle at tx.rr.com>
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Org: Canine Computer Center
Subject: Re: DECWriter APL Font
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Quadibloc wrote:
On Dec 28, 5:54 am, Quadibloc <jsav... at
ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
I found some old papers from 30+ years ago with some APL
functions printed out by an LA36 DECWriter (II?). I have
posted them on a web page. I know the functions are *not*
coded the best way, but I posted them as an example of the
DECWriter APL font:
http://www.aquaporin4.com/apl/
The noise in the background is caused by the *poor* quality
paper. My college *never* intended these to be kept for 30+
years...
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Before the fancy smaller Decwriter, there was a
later model that still
looked a lot like an LA36, though.
Now I've sorted this out. The one you mentioned, the LA120 Decwriter
III, closely resembled the LA36 Decwriter II, except that it had a
modified keyboard arrangement; it was typewriter-pairing, but
{[ and }] keys replaced the {} and [] keys of the traditional
typewriter-pairing layout, following the precedent of the VT 100,
which later was also found on the IBM PC.
The smaller one with the much nicer fonts was the Decwriter IV, or
LA38 (among other numbers...).
While the Decwriter III had the same basic fonts as the Decwriter II,
it did have additional features such as condensed and expanded
printing, as I found out from here:
http://vt100.net/docs/tp83/chapter14.html