Low memory footprint UART-based text user interface

On 1 Aug 2014 17:51:33 GMT, Nils M Holm <news2009@t3x.org> wrote:

>upsidedown@downunder.com wrote:
>> Your approach would have made sense in the 1970-90's when dumb
>> terminals, like VT100/VT220 were used.
>
>I have always thought that the VT100 was an "intelligent" terminal,
>because it could move the cursor, clear the screen, change display
>attributes, etc. The ASR 33 was a dumb terminal.


It was.  Modern usage often considers anything with no local
processing to be a dumb terminal.  Ultimately the distinctions are not
that meaningful.  Or precise.